3:06 PM: yesterday afternoon, in between woring on 5/27/25 ano kato, i began work on this small (8 1/2 x 11”) watercolor-collage on paper. i continued this afternoon, introducing a karagiozis image of kolokotronis, the pre-eminent leader of the Greek war of Independence (1821-29) and a very interesting figure in Greek history. for those of you not familiar, karagiozis, he is a shadow theatre puppet and fictional character of greek folklore. when he was a kid, we often took our son dimitris to karagiozis performances in the athens neighborhood of plaka, where the famous spatharis shadow theatre was to be found.
"5/27/25 ano kato" 32x36” oil & collage on extra fine portrait linen, as she looked following today’s tweaks
2:14 PM: i made a few slight but significant tweaks to "5/27/25 ano kato" today. i added a collaged piece on paper just behind the skateboarder’s behind, and added a deliniation of the handstander’s shoes.. other than that, the handstander and the colors surrounding him are perfect. and tat small piece of collaged paper is all that was needed to connect the right and left sides of the composition. for now, i’m not going to do any more, and see how i feel about it after having it up on my painting wall for a week or so. so tomorrow morning i’ll start something new.