Pilgrim, Journey, Wander - 2/13/18

I was cleaning the stairwell that leads up to where I live this past weekend and noticed this moth on the windowsill. I wanted try doing a quick study using oil paint for the underpainting and pastel over that -- an approach I used last week. I chose a color scheme of pinks and grays to match the colors in the Fairfield Porter painting. It's domestic and yet the moth is like a pilgrim in many ways. I don't know where it came from, or why it landed there.

Fairfield Porter, Sunset, Southhampton, 1967


Moth on windowsill, Berkeley, CA



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