painting and all that...
My painting is introspective and philosophical. The aim is always to make paintings that are enigmatic contemplative objects, carrying a certain poetic or musical power that is a statement of personal ideals and an expression of my sense of the orderly disorder around us, the continual struggle between necessary social order and desirable personal anarchy.
There is an inescapable analogy of music with abstract painting, one drawn by many artists in the past. Music is completely abstract. The composer arranges sounds, varying in pitch and tone, arranged in a certain order to achieve harmony, rhythm and melody. it originates in the composer’s imagination. Painting is the same if we substitute marks and colours for sounds. Harmony and rhythm are still essential formal ends to achieve. Meaning exists in the intention of the artist or composer and hopefully in the eye, ear and intellect of the viewer or listener.
“Practice not doing and everything will fall into place”
“Do your work then step back, the only path to serenity”
“We work with being but non-being is what we use”
“Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other
Long and short define each other
High and Low depend on each other
Before and after follow each other”
Difficult and easy support each other
Long and short define each other
High and Low depend on each other
Before and after follow each other”
“A good artist lets his intuition guide him wherever it wants”
“Let your workings remain a mystery, just show people the results”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching c500 bc