Met Adventure, 36x38” oil on portrait linen, as she looked following today’s modifications
1:10 PM: this morning i too Met Adventure to the next level. i simplified the right 3/4 og the composition, moving some goldfish down there, painted over the central figure with the red thermos and made some other changes, adding more white spaces, which brings it more into alignment with the smaller ones i’ve been doing over the past month or so. which i believe improved the overall painting
Met Adventure, 38x36” oil on xtra fine portrait linen, as she looked at the end of day one
2:36 PM: yesterday i stretched a piece of 36x38” portrait linen with no idea what i might paint on it. this afternoon i started Met Adventure, inspired by photos shot from above of visitors to the Metropolitan Museum in nyc as well as other images including, as of now, a seated figure holding a red thermos, green leaves and a bowl of goldfish.
it’s an interesting beginning, and we’ll see where she goes tomorrow.
noon: i just shot a photo of the paintings on the north wall of my studio, and am about to post one of the paintings currently on my east wall.
playful marks, 10 3/4x14” colored pencil, crayon, gouache & collage on bristol paper
1:29 PM: i took playful marks to the next level, completely going over yesterdays version. now, two fermale figures dominate the composition. she’s not there yet, so i’ll do more tomorrow.
2:44 PM: today’s collage, playful marks, has no watercolor; just colored pencil and crayon. so it is, as the title suggests, a playful melange with lots of white space.
5/23/26 playful marks, 10 3/4 x 14” colored pencil, crayon & collage on bristol paper
12:40 PM: after gazing for hours at yesterdays version of carissa dances, I made some fundamemntal changes, essentially creating a new composition. carissa however does not at all appear to be dancing! not only that, but there are now two figures; with a smaller one to her left.
i love the simplicity and the colors, especially the blue on the lower left and the vertical blue stripe on the right. the entire thing would fall apart were it not for the orange leaf on the lower right.
6:18 PM: this morning i continued work on the drawing/collage titled carissa dances, 10 3/4 x 14”
carissa dances, 10 3/4x 14” colored pencil & collage on bristol
6:10 PM: PM: this afternoon i made a new 10 3/4x14” drawing/collage titled carissa dances.
carissa dances, 10 3/4 x 14” colored pencil & collage on bristol paper
a 2025 painitng, 32x32” in oil on linen
this 32x32” painting in oil on linen hangs in our house.
6:12 PM: today mikela and i drove to alamosa; about a one hour drive, to run some errands and do some food shopping. while mikela was running errands, i sat in milagros coffee shop making drawings of patrons sitting nearby. here are the four drawings i made.
10:07 AM: using colored pencils and crayons, i had a few hours to work on 5/17/26 scooterboy (10 3/4x14”) before heading to alamosa at 11. she’s singing a new song now.
BELOW: yesterday’s version is on the left
