salida creekside, 11 1/2 x 14 1/2” watrecolor on paper, on day 1
2:49 PM: this morning i did a major cleanup of my two joined painting table. together they measure 80x89”. it felt really great to have the entire space cleared, and inspired mt to start a new watercolor this afternoon, which thus far has no collaged elements. it’s titled salida creekside. and is inspired by a series of photos i shot from above a few years back. the little girl in blue sits on a rock by the creek, the upper half of her body interrupting the frame of the mirror.
the upper portion of the composition is inspired by a photo i shot of mikela refelcted in a mirror, taking the piece beyond the creek to an interior; an enigma only possible through painting, where color, composition and drawing rule.
my two joined painting tables post cleanup
view of my north studio wall, with numerous works on paper, mostly recent, except for the view of the baca on the far right. above whhich is a watercolor of the port in mykonos, greece, and the andros landscape on the left and, above that, my (cut off) study of an archile gorky painting