moonlight, 32x36” oil on portrait linen, as she looked following today’s transformation
3:05 PM: i went over what i did yesterday with pink and then painted into it while it was still wet. so everything i painted on top of that picked up some of the pink, giving the entire composition unity.
i referred to a photo i took some years back form our second floor looking down, of mikela watering a plant. there are 2 other ercent paintings inspired by that same photo, but i always feel that when i love an image enough, and it has enough emotional meaning for me, i can do endless versions, which usually get better over time, since i “know the ropes.” i used discoveries i made in making the last few paintings, especially the recent in motion, (see my june 16th post) in this latest version.