New Panels

#8302, #8303, and #8304 #8305 #8283 Today about 15 new panels arrived. So I started in on some new ones a set of 3 24″ x 24″ and a 36″ x 40″. The green striped one, 8305 is quite hideous at this point but I just wanted to get something down to respond to later after...

Raining

#8157Kept going on 8157. Almost everything gets re painted over and then by the time I come around to paint it again it is done in a different way. The ghosting of under painting is very interesting when it is contrasted with a thickly painted shape nearby or on top...

Saturday Afternoon

#8157 #8283 Today I kept working on #8157 and #8283-both of which have changed into very different paintings than the way they started. One thing that I find difficult is putting marks on a painting when I know that they are not right. But the very act of being...

Falling Backwards

#8157 #8165 Heard the poet Billy Collins last night. Wonderful…he left me with the feeling that having no plan or direction might just be viable. He described the importance of writing about nothing in particular- a found chess piece, a bit of string or maybe a hippo....

Barn Roof

“Spring Rain” 48″ x 96″ #8296 I spent the first part of the week painting another painting from this one pictured here–This is a diptych-2- 48″ x 48″ panels that hang together. Another “Weave Painting”. In a way it has been easy but it has also allowed me to see more...