Well, I have started the first painting in my new series. It's a very small painting for me. I don't usually work this small.
This is the base coat. I used my palette knives to lay it in thick and just hint at the idea of a flag. The marks don't necessarily mean flag, but the common image conjured is flag. I think this is working with symbols without using symbols? Maybe.
I found this rather insulting image of a "real American hero" and decided to make it transparent. Then I decided that wasn't enough so I cut it to bits and scattered it on my "flag". This is all an illusion.
From here I don't know where it will go. Does it need to go anywhere else? I feel like it needs more, but I've set it aside to "stew" for a few days.
At this point my concentration was broken because my dog disappeared. After calling for 1/2 an hour and him not coming I lost my motivation to paint. I found him in the woods rolling in a half a deer spine and ribs. Obviously more important than coming to his master. My dog makes it hard for me to get my work done. I wish I didn't have him. That is my vent for the evening.
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