After the incredible Urbania ride, words cannot describe how much I enjoyed getting back to painting. I began painting this prior to my collage painting portrait, but it sat idle, unfinished. With time, it has undergone an interesting journey – there was some darkness and this 18″X24″ canvas was the recipient.

The start mirrored the others in this series – a mass of words forming a tetris-like geometrical shape.

An early introduction of some key characters, Marilyn Monroe, Nixon, Nate from the dreadful Knicks; catch the Christmas tree in the background.

Some classical paintings joining the mix, Frida minus the unibrow; a nice piece of Edward Hopper real estate.

Here comes the splashes of yellow, and crude line drawing.

Working the second primary color, red, around the canvas.

Blues and orange, beginning to define the space and shape – this is where I left the canvas for nearly a month.

A vision of green was calling me, so it was added, but once I put it down – I couldn’t stop.

Mixing combinations of complementary colors, similar to the Woolworth Painting, I began the process of painting everything out.

And complete. The first dark collage painting in the series. There is something quite enjoyable about reducing a picture to darkness.