7 June 2026
Bedroom corner (working title): something of a still life of the yellow mimosa flowers Yena got me a couple months ago in a vase on my nightstand. Been wanting to paint them for a while because I enjoy how they look like a small controlled explosion, but I couldn’t figure out the approach until today. Arrived at the idea of an explosive form rendered in a subdued palette—negation opens up possibilities. I suppose I must have been thinking of those Santa Maria Zobenigo marble reliefs I mentioned a couple days ago. As well as the Polaroid I took of a campfire in Winchester in August of 2024. And Duchamp's seminal Paysage Fautif (Wayward or Faulty Landscape) (1946) painting that I’ve had on my studio floor this week. Trying to find some way to divert attention from the surface by muting and flattening it as much as possible while still retaining an active sense of motion and depth and change.