April 26, 2024
I have several hundred—perhaps close to a thousand!—unfinished paintings in my studio and I very often run across one of them in my quest to find something else, of course. And I pick one up and think to myself, "I think I can improve this," and so, rather than find what I was originally looking for, I take a detour into, what Kathy calls, the Salvage Department Syndrome (she is a therapist and should know).
And, as you might guess, sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn't.
"Reachin' For Iron"
(Actually from a reference photo of Flint Carney pulling a pistol in front of the garage.)
"Jesse In Darkness"
"Jesse James In Hell"
An actual photo of just a smattering of my unfinished boards.
Mucho Daily Un-Finished Whipped Outs
(in a bin and stacked against the wall)
Meanwhile. . .
Opening Sequence of The 66 Kids Road Show
A wide shot of Long Valley, west of Seligman, Arizona, just off old Route 66.
Narrator: "In the beginning the road was just a path and trod by mocassin-clad-feet. Then came the camels and the stages and the freighters and then creeping on the scene a smattering of Model Ts, but after the second world war a seismic change happened."
The camera slowly pans around until we see a narrow two-lane highway packed with classic 1950s and 60s American iron, rolling across the valley, bumper to bumper.
At some point it's going to be. . .
But, until then. . .
(at 4:14 p.m.)
Don't get me wrong, this is pure fun.
"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."
—Walt Whitman
I prefer whip cream over whip out.
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