May 3rd, 2009
Originally posted on January, 24, 2008
My previous article, Freedom from Content, as well as an article posted June 15, 2007, Big Answers, approach the same problem from different directions. At the risk of being repetitious I will broach the subject yet again. Hopefully my attempts to get my mental teeth into this problem will be of interest.
Goethe asserted, “All that we perceive is simply raw material.? This short statement not only answers a basic philosophical question, it also states clearly a basic reality of life. There is an important and significant time lag which normally people ignore. Immediately following our perception of something a number of things happen at such a subtle level and so quickly we jump at the thoughts which come to mind. We all do it. It’s easy and comfortable. But it is these missed sensations, internal body processes, perceptions, etc., which make up the palette of life, the building blocks of experience. The artist is the person who intervenes in this sub-thinking process. The sensations of Cezanne and Matisse can be understood in this context.
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May 2nd, 2009
Originally posted on January, 7, 2008
On the main page in the gallery section of my website there is a short introduction: “Somehow I have recently gained a certain distance and freedom from the content of painting…? I have just recently acquired this sense of distance. The paintings I am now doing speak to me of it. Understanding is slowly following.
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May 2nd, 2009
Originally posted on December, 17, 2007
The logical question following how to paint watercolor is what to paint. Bearing both questions in mind at the beginning helps accelerate the learning curve. I’ve given these questions of the budding artist painter more than just a little reflection. Advice has been asked by many other the years. Subsequently, there were many days and hours of talking with them about becoming a painter as well as much painting together. In the end teaching and learning become indistinguishable and I fondly remember these encounters.
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May 1st, 2009
Originally posted on November, 30, 2007
To the extend that an artist painter is intuitive and instinctive, he does not favour his intellect. This is not to say that he cannot express him/herself logically. It is simply not the priority. Creative expression is often at the top of the list.
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