the current state of play, the ongoing engagement with the surface, shown here in the sixth (current) state...
the lichens have landed (but are likely to populate still further)...there have been many, many states in this particular painting but i only have six full-on shots (some of the work is done in the horizontal)...
strangely, have not really referred to any particular photograph - perhaps this is wise; i do not want to end up with a botanical illustration...given that the above images do not adequately portray the finer workings of the surface - my primary concern - that of the layering process, of embedding a pictorial history of its making... i have taken these detailed images today, a made-to-measure, ground survey...
[the yellow tape measure is in cms]
[myriad colours from grey green, bisque to violet, prussian blue, a ruddish brown]
[splatterings of ochre yellow, mustard, showing the textural quality of the surface]no-one looks at paintings this closely, so not sure why i do - i suppose i like the painting within a painting...like something unearthed, buried deep within the layers, the rebirth of a painting within a painting - which leads nicely onto my next exhibition news (which, to make things a tad more organised around here, i will put into a new post)...