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January 08, 2007

Paint and Energy

It’s not the painting[1] that matters, it’s the energy behind it.

For me the energy needs strong foundations. I want the picture to describe the power and energy [and beauty] of the subject, so I need to get the form down as best I can before I start letting go with the paint. Most of my large panels start off like this - with drawing.

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Semantic pitfalls and the shortcomings of our language:

1. painting, v., the act of applying paint.
2. painting, n., a picture

Posted by john at January 8, 2007 06:29 PM

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