You could tell I had a hard day. So you asked if you could take me out tonight, to that place you know I like, just to savor the evening, just to breath out the day and breath in this night.
This painting is the result of a lot of experimentation. The raised, textured areas are saved dry paint scrapings from my palette. The papers were found at a vintage shop in east L.A. Some are personal letters, a map, and one is from a 1950s humorous pamphlet. The people are from memories of restaurants and bars I've been to in downtown L.A. I was thinking of the feeling of being among that moving crowd, but still far enough away that I could observe from a peaceful distance. The bottom section is intentionally left abstract and open, creating that implied distance and room to breath.
