Fred Martin Paintings

Studio notes about #8 July 2005

#8, July 2005

July 12, 2005. Lac Ouaureau, late night.
#8, July 2005.
Text:
Most break
Few survive
Finally none

Then, the cock and cunt appeared,
and I saw the need for a supplement, a footnote text:

But these

July 13, 2005. Lac Ouaureau, morning.
More on #8 July.
Footnote text needed a bright, white, impasto ground and became:

These stay

But then beneath a breath of dark “These stay” died too.
No matter how you squirm, truth comes back.