Lafayette & Canal (underpainting) 2016 48" x 72" oil on panel
Yes, it's been a few months since I've been able to post an update on my latest work, but I had to take a break in my mad dashing back and forth to turn bionic, by way of succumbing to a pair of surgeries to have two total knee replacements installed. It's now been six weeks since the successful implants and I'm back on my feet and in the studio as well as driving again. I've been happily working on the painting above, Lafayette & Canal, a new large piece about the the street scene in Manhattan's Chinatown just after one of this winter's big snowstorms. This is the first stage, the underpainting, hence the rough brushwork and sketchy details. If you click on the WORK tab you can see the progress I've made since this posting as I update the images.
The process of re-learning to walk has been a humbling challenge, but I can already feel the improvement in my gait and the absence of pain when walking downhill that made me willing to endure the surgeries and the long recovery in the first place. I'm already looking forward to greater mobility than I've known in many years, which should enable even more foraging for compelling imagery in interesting places...