of four o'clocks yet to come, oil on canvas, 24" x 24", Rico 9/18/11
Two shots tonight. Titles are something I generally go in and think about later. I've found that if I choose my titles randomly from good sources they tend to hit the mark. Honestly I get most of my titles from poetry, because poetry is the closest verbal language gets to visual language. There are times I have some specific idea, but I've found that dictating what people are supposed to think about a work only limits the work itself. Were I to title my paintings with half the political messages and opinions I sometimes want to, I would have no audience.
as yet untitled, oil on canvas, 24" x 24" , Rico 9/16/11
Tonight I had to come in and look. It's early; I may yet paint, I may not. There are times I have see the work again to know what it is. It a difficult thing to look at something you've been working on for weeks or months with fresh eyes, but that is exactly what you have to do.
I desperately need a proper vacation. I had to cancel my rock'n roll adventure with the CRB, and so went my best chance for a getaway for the year. As I'm typing this, there are ten canvases behind me wanting to come out of the last box. The vacation will have to wait.
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