You can scrape back the painted line
between figure & landscape. The forms may be simultaneously blurred &
strengthened by pulling color through color.
When you want to leave behind
composition as a problem to be solved, it helps to think of color,
form & surface as elements of centrality.
Pynchon was writing about a specific
era, but he could have been describing a landscape or a figure as "...this little parenthesis of light."
Ideas like these get in the way of
painting & are useful in that way.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj575ReA6GpB_esh29aahc4F56JWHoz0eVEB0df42ly8vjtB9B18FqTP5MNluFEFAIWdaBPctOLdsWxJGY-nbqVTqZJ29Fyv-yLgwN5WPXHJjbawKA-khqzkMrVNxoApAU9VctibNOgUmmd/s640/1.+D%2527s+Back.jpg) |
"D's Back" - mixed media on paper, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8AmEgXQIST_libkIsBmMR_SCsQD2vrKZW9RI43ooaJk5RNWMhesAiCndLpEmolC6-JtZHJCMPOLO15seYTULOw1BuIVGGOa5v7Asv9Lm4hkFVnNXs4Mn61jbBAOhXu6HjxA1HPYZrC6e/s640/2.+Fields+%2526+Hills.png) |
"Fields & Hills" - oil on canvas, 18" X 18 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ3zQq1ENR1_M4DBWhr4ZISfSwXk2tdaY1L4_mtHVw235pzDfKk1nM-RqupcZmVwTk7ZkbXTYGGwCAl7ln2Ur4A2CWg2xvXK0jLwVEMcVxjTxql4NWS-b4Wsgl7N09nf06eFzZXrEDq4Qg/s1600/3.+Backyard+Table+.png) |
"Backyard Table" - oil on canvas, 14" X 11" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhqCRlakpUuGrXEx9dYF6CoVY0EAl344CdtaDtYttQa1VofczSVq5xtaQTOOUpGe7xTxB0Lr_nn0VeLuQ3pfYfz7koMDG1-TPzm4Y1MVs5BAbIcJH3mNC0n26w-5qkodhGHg1dk4g-p2s/s1600/6.+Figure+With+A+Cup.png) |
"Lagoon-Figure Study" - mixed media on paper, 12" X 9" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNk8Y0L5FwJLzp-S9X8g6YGlrACmNdFJXk8xv7SJh8XL4EXwatwLwTaddJXlS3RJpgmSNY326IkJTdZNTAyjN3Bx439AHkmiKk82gOXzu9AGPF3gcucQlOhhuTgu05DTvL3F8y2H2waX2/s1600/4.+Painted+Fields.png) |
"Painted Fields" - oil on canvas, 12" X 12" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynDm1Xh0bhWpaof-cP9RSPMJEbXndt-_AnZJX5woyWTC_WrSQ9I_-Yxe17YyIeqV1QmVjXuUsZKHU1yQYN1uJHqnGc8WwGa06WpccgCQdyyh_Ye5LQEo93EeWoPwWngICm0A9itvYdCXe/s640/5.+Hillside++Road+.png) |
"Hillside Road" - oil on canvas , 8" X 8" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiFWww0XeYTkAY5tTbbjYdBQXKwpcldxXkJsgTB3O_xDKgCfnfbEYHHbkt1sskKt67WlfVARQyN5jQR_yCoDj2J6fwxC-FP_ZkcDybCh0z1bJ0UbXnIaa5h3GxIPtrf_teCGMf9gO0mJto/s1600/9.+Arranging+Her+Hair.png) |
"Arranging Her Hair" - mixed media on paper, 12" X 9" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17TueJeIciPEhZHSVcPSLlKiHzRXpSzXESE8-Tqrz0L1B42GR6DAxISDTeojPbLqfxUQtoYIvTgSnukUKnztM2Q4wK5BCXBfZK3ZOVslyB8JqGJr8E7AOzfdGv3WIWlu8BcVVQkzmJfgK/s1600/7.+Woman+With+A+Cup.png) |
"Woman With A Cup"- mixed media on paper, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KmCmQLU9rOwwwKb6qhFBBUg1m9vzghmaBjy8fkW9A2jfouwwUWBd7o_L-6MQfnN4IIom0vZvOrwBsDMzIQ1vkFCh5daTniM54VjnntDnpt0grkSBS_onZE9IPf9Yh5D6Wt7yKGDL4ub_/s640/8.+Farming+Lavender*.jpg) |
"Farming Lavender"- oil on canvas, 12" X 16" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfto7gEXUSKCGVwV77LjDsvlRWL33lHZMisXQm4AZvzE4pdQNAVthftYqhJp8hXTG2HJVhfVNoVFjbCUQxL8CPLcy-T8n_0Wz5HefFjBDOvb9RDXrlRi7-HZNobIsoNcQfiUZEw3uQKde/s640/10.+Head+Twist.jpg) |
"Head Twist" - mixed media on paper, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTroYQ7VOCD2djgXKs6BnIIRLuH1fU8OHqPuSbd1-UzY8AdP-Hw5zP-jQfi5Qy7Z2xo3VlI5pGv-Ri-tWpT9TG1NEXJjdGZduacYHG6MpDBBhwB0xnT83Brw9FC_y626Q0-RxHllt9tIs/s1600/14.+Garden+Right.png) |
"Garden Right" - acrylic on paper, 12" X 9" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-1PX0Pl9FYHq7WA7ybBmgc_ceclP5zs0mUBnARVcEZeBHz632dc-bTU-dALjECDBlbh_wDMFeKsgx8uPkMIviYe7hH90Hh5B-LzeXuQJcaKHUWkpE93RnZZCrAnBMhkuB2WyjAu9WBT2/s640/13.+Footstool.png) |
"Footstool" - mixed media on paper, 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bUN-dcbBwRI4-ihtXCJVyB6_ycCPku69mwAXpH1rpPZiRhyMY118tQBP0BN7gUpxS1WbUrdZkCoQ5Cxq03gdqMJfhKjqiXvW8ECpkJupuL6p_VImCNMDO_V9dTdQFqbzflnic-JJB8Ar/s1600/11.+Blue+Hills++.png) |
"Blue Hills" - oil on wood, 12" X 12" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfTICWmt09sWynrhWF_6rGPH8rWKaUL3-rcfQjUXkSHyK84YA2htOWY-TQBE0bGVaZfaq1X-IsfVDz2DqpOTTKicmuqa_rSls2BUmtt-5BE4y-McqFuYnpOBhoPgMTly9ovAZnuucvktp/s640/16.+Leaning+Back.png) |
"Leaning Back"- acrylic on paper, 12" X 9" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzjq3V4keKI7mz6eHx45xzr4nRRjfTRMxYMzEoblFUO-VCGcZYO47D12UcfMAUymeT_ma8rvNsz3G1gm1Ql1VYifw81nBhXao7vgMJAghb42Udk5dmbQgsYKZSsA0vTjEEnPT1k53nCPf/s640/15.+Listening.png) |
"Listening"- mixed media on paper, 12" X 9" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWVgxsPgmWFooEwzpwIRhGnFYzXc3xEsP94dt_5MPA6FVJg1QkGZoitQoVszOPq79mM9AJ5AmOtyBQLTUKaw4vdppWFww8w5Cr_SSaVi3ALEjsz6TYwjSkuQl3dza7f55N1CDgnKk3CdB/s1600/12.+Beach+Walkway.png) |
"Beach Walkway"-oil on canvas, 18" X 18" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFO45LAu1fDC_VtgfgfsYd-GybCNh0F4Xglh9X2Bc40MTOWV-7xb5nCTE77CoGKl9aYAxALR3zL-Cwvbav76OT1KCG8zgP9p4GiAJww5u74H2OopxvI26ZwD2C0i72LG5Ov-U9pix7QKV/s640/17.+Lagoon+Figure.jpg) |
"Lagoon Figure"-oil on canvas, 20" X 16" |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLyl6I9O7k3I_AEwQrWTtNUqnFOwUupIkY8tAViM0mDcnP__Ksqu9JETrRw2DO80V-JPzGlQiHgB00tQZEwSQQ9E1cPHGjwNNcF6b8JYF8J17K4_Zp5IlpqonUvg2Y_LHx8HZuO9KHpR9/s640/18.+Left+Thought.png) |
"Left Thought"-mixed media on paper, 12" X 9" |
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