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Painting is at its best when there's a willingness to
take risks, and the goal of selling work at all costs
takes a back seat. Outcome goals do not work in painting.
Engaging process first and foremost always makes for more
interesting work.
Painting for me is about finding a metaphor
or "plastic equivalent" within the constraints
of the rectangle. This is the only reality that counts
and it must be found and carried within the language itself.
Touch and feeling together with colour and
surface are all part of the "Image" and must
be developed simultaneously. Formula and tastefulness
play no part in this process, where space, form, and colour
are the more honest building blocks.
If we explore the unexpected with confidence, then with
luck we may arrive at the extraordinary. Its only through
a spirit of enquiry we can create the best chance for
something special, something transformative to take place
in our work.
There is no other reason to continue painting.
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