Where does our painting come from?
Art is a complex business once you leave the still life setup.
Is it an emotional response to joy or tragedy?
Is it a response to phenomena: a brilliant sunset?
The deep blue mystery of night broken by shafts and bursts of yellow light?
Is it a poem or a broken bone bleached by the sun lying in desert light?
It is an ephemeral notion made solid by the artist.
Whether ironic, sardonic or a sincere response to the hopelessness/joy of life.
Whatever you find or feel, the plasticity of your material in process and gesture
is the delivery system.
As Philip Guston said about painting:
"when things go well I leave the room".
See you next week, john
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