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“The skilled hand is never anything but the servant of the mind…Even if the professional schools should succeed in producing skilled workers trained in the technique of their craft, nothing could be done with them if they had no ideal. …
Read details“I truly believe artwork does not exist without the viewer. As an artist you have to let go—something happens that you are not a part of anymore and that is totally unique to the person viewing it. When I see a person viewing my work, it’s quite amazing to me to see the different reactions…
Read details“I think that when one is young it is the object, the outside world that fires one’s enthusiasm; one is carried away by it. In later life it is something within ones self, the need to express an emotion, that leads a painter to choose his point of departure, one form rather than another.” …
Read details“I have two or three days of some real dismal dragging around hoping that something will get together and strike a spark.” …
Read details“The word ‘composition’ moved me spiritually, and I later made it my aim in life to paint a ‘composition’. It affected me like a prayer and filled me with awe.” …
Read details” It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to caress his canvas too.” Pierre Auguste Renoir I would like to address a response to the post about the deep meaning behind my art. Once artists start showing their work, they are asked for an “Artist’s Statement”. The purpose is…
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