April 12th through 18th

Most often I am painting in the evening. Sometime between tools down for the day and before the water boils for dinner. When dusk begins, white light gets replaced with blue light. In this moment I cannot read colour. My eyes work hard to try and adjust but they cannot. This is an involuntary break, where I am given a moment to consider the work before me. There have been some great developments born from this forced contemplation - this portrait suffered no exception. I am beginning to move past my frustration with the foundation of the portrait. I am beginning to see the personality of this man.

This photo was taken at dusk. One of the last of this weeks forced contemplations!