Day 28 — A pigment that refuses to sit still
A vermilion substitute that keeps creeping into the neighbouring wet passages. I have stopped fighting it and started placing it where the creep does something useful.
LOT 042
LIVEBidding is openLinen, Nine Sessions (in progress)
Mira AdeyemiVERIFIED · Oil on linen
LOT 042 · OPENED · 3 ENTRIES · 3 BIDDERS
Paints in nine-session cycles and refuses to varnish anything she is still arguing with.
FIG. 03 — THE RECORD OF OWNERSHIP
Everyone who held a leading bid while the work was unfinished is entered on the record as a co-owner of the process, permanently, and the record travels with the work.
A name appears here only while that collector keeps it published; everyone else is on the record as “A collector”. Bid amounts are part of the record either way, and no email address is ever published. You choose which you are under what is published about you.
No one is on the record yet. Co-owners are entered as leading bids are placed.
BID HISTORY
| DATE | BIDDER | AMOUNT | STANDING |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halle Vestergaard | $11,900 | LEADING | |
| J. Mbeki | $7,200 | OUTBID | |
| A. Renner | $3,400 | OUTBID |
Holds are placed by Stripe and handed back when you are outbid. This table publishes where each bid stands; what your own card is doing is on your dashboard.
FIG. 04 — THE RECORD
Day 17 — The under-drawing nobody will ever see
The drawing is finished and it is the best thing in the painting. It will be under two more sessions of oil by Friday. This is the part of the job that never stops being a small bereavement.
Day 09 — Choosing a linen that will outlive me
Rejected two rolls for the weave and one for the sizing. The one I kept is heavier than I usually work on and it has already changed how much oil the first pass will take.
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