"3/26/25 ano kato" today /  by Philip Tarlow

3/26/25 ano kato, 32x22” oil on portrait linen, as she looked moments ago, following extensive work this morning.

1:21 PM: i whited over most of the unncessary marks in this composiiton, bringing it closer in spirit to it’s sister, the previous painting titled dancers. they look good hanging side by side on my East studio painting wall. so i think i’ll stop here for the day, even though it’s a bit early, and cut a new piece of portrait linen for my next painting.

BELOW: stages of 3/26/25 ano kato. of the two figures inspired by the crew doing fire mitigation last week, just one remains; the one on the lower left. the dancing female figure on the upper left has appeared as a guy in the previous paiinting. and, other than one vertical branch and a bit of blue creek water, all creek references are gone.

"3/17/25 ano kato" tweak / "3/26/25 ano kato", next stage /  by Philip Tarlow

3/17/25 ano kato, 32x38”, oil on portrait linen, as she looks at the end of my painting day today

3:30 PM: the dark background was too much, so today i painted over it with a warm pink, setting the dancer free!

3/26/25 ano kato has progressed, and is more interesting visually, but still needs further work. a tree trunk and some blue creek water have appeared, and we’ll see where they go tomorrow.

3/26/25 ano kato, 32x22”, oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today

revisions: "3/17/25 ano kato" and "dancers" and the next stage of "3/26/25 ano kato" /  by Philip Tarlow

dancers, 32x22” oil on portrait linen, following this afternoon’s work

today i took 3/26/25 ano kato to the next stage gingerly introducing color to one of the figures doing mitigation on our land. i also had the inspiration to re-visit 3/17/25 ano kato, painting over some of the yellow with black and scraping into it to create a continuation of the bricks on the right and beneath the dancing figure. and finally, i continued work on dancers, which i had thought was resolved, painting over a portion of the yellow with a warm grey, which also helps define a few of the dancing figures.

3/26/25 ano kato, 32x22,”oil on portrait linen, following the introduction of color this morning

3/17/25 ano kato, 32x38” oil on portrait linen, following today’s revisions

"dancers" / "3/26/25 ano kato" /  by Philip Tarlow

ABOVE: DANCERS, 32x22” oil on portrait linen, as she looked yesterday (left) and today

1:22 PM: i made some additions to dancers this morning, adding red trousers to the dancing figue in the lower right of the composition and a shadow beneath the feet of the figure just to the right and above him. i think that’s all i’ll be doing on this one.

and i started the colored pencil drawing for a painting with the same dimension: 32x22” teo of the figures in this composition were photographed earlier today as they worked with their chain saws doing fire mitigation by trimming and cutting low branches. 3 additional figures viewed from above in a museum, appear in this drawing. they have all appeared in previous ano kato series paintings.

ON THE RIGHT: drawing in colored pencil for 3/26/25 ano kato, 32x22”

“DANCERS” 32x22”/ Parade 10, 16x16" 2014 /  by Philip Tarlow

dancers, 32x22” oil on portrait linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today

12:47 PM: i made a colored pencil drawing this morning for a new painting titled dancers, 32x22” and then proceeded to apply oil colors. to be continues tomorrow. it’s 32x22” on extra fine portrait linen.

parade 10, 16x16” oil on portrait linen

Parade 10 16x16” oil on linen, is one of a series I made during that period

"3/21/25 ano kato" / 38x20" ano kato, 2023 /  by Philip Tarlow

3/21/25 ano kato, 31x27 3/4 cm watercolor and collage on arches paper

3:52 PM: 3/21/25 ano kato has flipped 90 degrees and received on more piece of collaged paper.

2:02 PM: today 3/21/25 ano kato transformed into a watercolor/collage. after extensive detailed work in watercolor, i kinda knew what was coming and opened my drawers devoted to various pieces of paper, including old maps, and commenced collaging over the watercolor, not without some delight.

s few areas of the original watercolor remain, and the rest is covered by collaged paper, some of which has quill pen drawings i made expressly for the purpose of collaging. i looked everywhere for where i put my glue sticks following the studio clean up and re-org, but couldn’t find them. fortunately, there was one partially used one sitting on my work table.

this 38x20” 2023 ano kato series painting hangs in our entryway.

38x20” ano kato, 2023

"3/21/25 ano kato" /  by Philip Tarlow

3.21.25 ano kato,31x27 3/4 cm. watercolor on arches paper, as she looked at the end of my painting day today

3:12 PM: i worked on 3/21/25 ano kato today, which is full of patterning, from the clothing to the tiles and the adjacent rug. i think i might complete it tomorrow, and see if i feel like making a larger one in oil on linen.

drawing for "3/21/25 ano kato" /  by Philip Tarlow

the drawing for 3/21/25 ano kato 31x27 3/4 cm.

1:27 PM: this morning i made the drawing in pencil on arches aquarelle paper for 3/21/25 ano kato. it’s inspired by a photo i shot from above in a shopping mall. there are 3 figures strolling along, and one standing figure interacting with a woman sitting in a chair. the walking area is made of marble, which has been very artistically cut into pieces that fit together almost as if the size of each piece and how they fit together was designed by an artist. adjacent to the marble walking area is a patterned olive rug with a blue border and a design with light ochre leaves punctuated by rose/blue patterns..

i’m excited to begin the watercolor!