A painting should be tough; it should have muscle, but I have to find some tenderness in it, too. There has to be that dynamic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My painting carries with it the message of pain.
Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.
When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.
I want paint to work as flesh.
I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better. I would like to feel that I am involved at any stage of the painting with all its moments, not just this 'now' moment where a superficial grace is so available.
The most difficult thing about painting is the self-discipline. When I finish a job, I give myself a few days, but then I have to discipline myself quite fiercely if I want to do some painting that's worthwhile. Otherwise, you're just doodling. It's much easier when you're just told what you have to do.
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
Painting, for me, is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.
I love painting and have a need to do it.
To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.
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