Guiting-Guiting

Guiting-Guiting
66 x 27 in
Oil on canvas

There is nothing more I can do to this painting.  I am sufficiently satisfied to put this behind me.  I was meaning to come up with 2 more paintings for the series, but after this, I've decided to paint one more and leave it to rest.

Perhaps I'm just exhausted and cannot think of anything more to say about this piece, other than I felt liberated working on it.  Things just happened and that led me to explore details and highlights as I went along.  I really did felt free.

After I return from Benguet, I will try to complete the roofscape painting before the end of the month. I will also begin work on the Jowein set.  I might be able to manage to begin work on a particular piece that is really personally relevant to me, but as of now I can't get myself to begin.  I don't know.  We'll see.

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This is a bit embarrassing, but I actually gone back to this and painted in a few things.  It's been bugging me for months.  So I actually finished this painting today, 18 October 2011.  I don't think I can do anything for this piece anymore.  I know I said it before but, I'm now sufficiently satisfied with this to finally put it behind me.

Clouds are meant to be fleeting, not confusing

It's not finished yet, though the more difficult parts are almost done.  That large space to the right is confusing to work on because there is no obvious reference to know where I'm laying my brush.  There's no tree, crest, line or obvious visual reference.  Another thing gnawing at my attention would be all that mental note I have on what to adjust, what to add, what to remove, that are strewn all across the frame.  I've fought the temptation to use Post-It to keep tabs of them all!  Other than those mentioned, it should be smooth sailing with this piece from here on end.

Though it is not the largest canvas I've worked on, it is the widest.  This canvas has given me more confidence to tackle more complex works, I'm happy to say.  I believe I've broken that paralyzing apprehension I've been getting whenever I look at the unfinished Kubol piece.  We'll get there, soon enough. 

This will look good in the master's bedroom.  I've made the painting to fit  the dimension of the wall facing the bed.  When I wake up, this will be the first thing that will greet me.  All I need now is a low and shallow book shelf, a small sound system, and some trinkets and bookends to complement that space under this painting.

After this - maybe a week or two more, I'll begin the last half of the roof scape painting I've put on hold a few weeks back.  I need references to keep on going with that piece.