Note 01 /
Why this site looks like an overlay
A short note on what changed and what the new site is trying to do.
An overlay, in the drafting sense, is a transparent sheet laid on top of a base drawing to add information — HVAC over a floor plan, demolition over existing conditions, a proposed building over a site survey. Each sheet reads through to the ones beneath. That is the metaphor for this version of the site.
A portfolio implies pitching for the next thing. An overlay is a record that admits its layers — what got built, what's still being fought over with the planning department, what's currently the studio floor at home. It updates when the ground does, not before. The older sheets don't disappear; they sit underneath, still visible.
Three strata, in order of how the time goes: Projects (buildings), Paintings, Field Notes (this). The Index page covers biography in one short page, with no marketing language. The legacy art portfolio at bobelliottart.weebly.com is staying up — older paintings live there, newer ones get added under Paintings.
If something on a project sheet is missing or wrong, write to bob@bobelliott.org. The parcels move; another overlay goes on the stack.