27.4.1985
I start the “Waterfall” and “Shady” series and continue with “Mountain range”. I am beginning to introduce changes in the treatment of the brushwork and the form. The clearly outlined and individualized line tends to disappear to give priority to the masses of color in which the sign or the pencil graphics are diluted, which appear cloudy. Among the paintings of these days there is a very sober one, in which I only used gray and violet, which could be titled “Sunrise in the mountains”. It is the first step of this new formal treatment.
Although I continue to use watercolor, many of the things I do use acrylic and very diluted tempera. The watercolor is treated almost with acrylic or oil technique. It does not have its opacity or the density of acrylic, but neither does it have the excessive fluffiness of watercolor. It is still subtle but has a greater density. It may seem that the colors are dirty, pasted, but the effect is completely voluntary.
