Category: Completion

"Burnt Norton"; Almost There!

10/14/2018

"Burnt Norton" (2018 No.8, state 15), oil on canvas, 63x66 inches {"What might have been is an abstraction; Remaining a perpetual possibility; Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory." -T.S. Eliot, "Burnt Norton"}

Sometimes T.S. Eliot could be a bit long-winded. Perhaps his Burnt Norton and mine share long-windedness. My Burnt Norton is almost complete. I need to give it a few minor changes, enhancements, alterations — all to bring it to conclusion. Strange it is; This finishing off a painting feels sad. Burnt Norton has taken me, slow step by slow step, through multiple movements; each toward summation. Its journey was often cumbersome, sometimes difficult, always interesting. This is wide-awake living at its best!

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9/5/2018

"Along for the Ride" (2018 No.7, state 16), oil on canvas, 65x53 inches {"Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong... and just go along for the ride." - Philip Roth, "American Pastoral"}

Drawing 09·04·2018, pencil on paper, 20x16 inches

You know it when you see it! Along for the Ride has absolutely completed its ride; therefore declared complete! Yesterday's drawing is wonderfully exploratory. I am, it is, anticipating my next painting (which I hope to begin this week). Enjoy! I am!

"Burnt Norton"; Almost There!

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