acrylic on textured canvas
It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
– Paul Cezanne
art quotes
17.10.12
painted silk Habotai, textured card, cotton mosquito netting
Only a single line is needed to discover who is doing what.
– Paul Reps
16.10.12
stained and distressed canvas, acrylic paints, market basket fragment, sea shells, linen thread
Art’s a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter.
Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind.
Man’s spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.
– Irving Stone
11.10.12 + the disappearing painter
acrylic paints, textured canvas
When I begin painting I am in a state of unconsciousness;
I suddenly forget that I am holding a brush in my hand.
– Wu Chen (1280 – 1354)
10.10.12
acrylic on board, silver leaf, oyster-bed netting, gauze, twine, oyster shell
First thought is best in art.
– William Blake
03.10.12
painted silk Habotai, handmade paper, bamboo, cord, acrylic light-reflective pigments, fiber reactive dyes, machine stitching
In art, every generation must start again afresh.
– Maurice de Vlamink
30.09.12
painted silk Habotai, shirring, cotton padding, fiber reactive dyes
One eye sees, the other feels.
– Paul Klee
27.09.12
painted and hand pleated silk Habotai (detail from gown)
You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.
– Juan Gris
23.09.12
acrylics on textured canvas
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
– Edgar Degas
