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Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon; it is the very heart of painting.” Josef Albers (German artist/educator; 1888-1976) Last week I wrote about how everything in a painting is inter-connected, and introduced the term “simultaneous contrast”. Everything in our…
Read details“Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration can only give birth to a work of art. The least of man’s original emanations is better than the best of borrowed thoughts.” Albert Pinkham Ryder A…
Read details“Painting is a funny business.” J.M.W. Turner There is no telling in this…
Read details“The work of a man is the explanation of the man.” Paul Gauguin I have written many times about having an “Artist Statement”, which tells people what motivates you, the artist, to paint. For emerging artists, this is “good food for thought”, and an excellent exercise to undertake. It helps you zero in on…
Read details“I am hoping it’s done. I want it to be done, but I am not always sure. Every painting I have done has been overworked, at least some area of it.” …
Read details” Finishing a painting demands a heart of steel: everything requires a decision, and I find difficulties where I least expect them…It is at such moments that one realizes one’s own weaknesses.” Eugene Delacroix Several…
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