I think when somebody's painting they don't necessarily... I'm not illustrating what I know. I'm mapping out, like topographically, some terrain I am satisfied with, how awkward that mark is.
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I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.
Painters aren't expected to paint bleak pictures, are they?
It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.
The truth is that painting is all about scale; you use scale to create experience. A lot of artists have lost that ability. They don't even know that's something they should be doing.
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.
Painting is a coalescing of experience.
It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention, to connect with each person's subconscious, and not to try and dictate.
I think a painting should include more experience than simply intended statement.
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