THE SELF-ISOLATION RESIDENCY 7th September 2020: DAY 161

"On my easel: No 1", Working title, 'Palette'.

'On my easel' is a new series of posts that I am adding to the Self-Isolation Residency Blog which will consider a current painting which is within days or sometimes hours of completion. This isn't quite the same as 'work in progress' as many of the pieces under consideration in this category may actually be complete already. These are generally going to be works which I am reflecting on for one reason or another and it is these needs for reflection which are preventing me from 'accepting' the work as complete. 

The piece which is currently under scrutiny on my easel has the working title 'palette'. It began life as an experiment into working with my current full palette of colours in their minimal form along side 'White Water Near Black'. White water obviously found its way more quickly that this particular piece  but I still liked the piece and so I have continued to work it to this point.

I now believe that the painting process is probably complete, although I am not 100% certain even of that, but the area which is really occupying my current consideration is that of the final title. 'White Water' found it's title through my references to the movement of water during it's creation; this piece was not however worked or considered in the same way. The piece in question was considered to be very much an expression of how the separate layers of from my palette interacted as the depth of surface was built up; from that point of view the painting as actually more a reflection on the painting process itself than 'White Water' is.