"9/16/25 watercolor/collage" / by Philip Tarlow

9/16/25 watercolor/collage, 11.25x14.25” as she looked at 4:30pm

1:16 PM: this morning i started 9/16/25 watercolor/collage, “ on a piece of 9.25x11.25” bristol paper. as i began working, the skies over crestone darkened, threatening rain. the initial drawing of mikela watering the plants in our entryway is in colored pencil. the collaged elements are from a printout of a 17th c. chinese scroll, which i’ve been crazy about ever since i discovered it some months ago. right now, as i gaze at the piece on my east wall, the collaged bits seem a little too strong. so i may stop posting and go back into it.

4:26 PM: i worked all day on this one, so what you’re looking at is how the piece looks right now, and i’m done for the day