This is the moment every painter works towards, when the painting shifts into another dimension, from being an ordinary rendition of the subject to something that has gone beyond the subject. Its a kind of magic, to quote the Queen song. Its when the painting starts to work independently of the subject, using the language the painter is trying to apply. Today, it was seeing the tones that already existed in the subject but really pushing them to a higher key, a form of Fauvism if you like. The painting is starting to work. The mid-ground diagonal line of trees reminds me of a cast of characters from a late Guston painting.
Alwinton. Day 5