SATURDAY 19 JANUARY
Happy with the new painting now. it's been hard to get into the studio with so much going on but of course I've been painting in my head for days, searching to move the painting forwards both as a painting and an idea. I mentioned earlier that the painting was specific to a series and not a particular book, but I think I have resolved that problem. Images are now embedded, subservient to the painting - the essence of my work. As no-one has discovered the identity of the novels that inspired the first three paintings in the series, I thought i'd put a clue in the title with this one.
Something I tried earlier below, the green shape within the green, was too tentative, irrelevant, a droopy downward movement that weakened the painting. Contrast with what the yellow dots bring in the final version..they explode upwards and outwards...
'BOOK 4' - The first session...
A strong start with an idea that establishes the series but not the particular novel within the series. A kind of blue...