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Painting 013

studio note

This way of working produces in me the tendency to undo and eradicate, which is not a bad thing.

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Painting 009

studio note

The sequential way I am presenting these states tempts me to try to tell a story with them, but I have an abhorrence of narrative in painting. A painting should have a presence - a being. Seeing a painting for the first time should be more like meeting a person than reading a person's biography.

Painting 008

studio note

I paint very fast.

Painting 007

studio note

Working this way removes all fear of trying anything.

Painting 006

studio note

Here is a way of painting with absolute immediacy: paint with no intention of ending up with a painting - paint with every intention of painting over or obliterating the work you've done thus far. It is like a sand mandala - embracing the transient character of material things while showing forth the eternal character of the spirit.

Painting 005

studio note

It becomes unimportant whether or not I like my painting. The point is to act - not to produce. The point is to paint.

Painting 004

Painting 003

quote

"You can't ruin a painting"

-Bill Cross

Painting 002

studio note

Whenever one paints, one is constantly painting over what one has painted. Usually, all that is seen is the final state when the painting has been given up.

Painting 001

quote

"To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture."

- Pablo Picasso

Painting 000