Derivatives are a huge, complex issue.
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.
Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.
When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc. , because the painting has a life of its own.
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.
To the mind, God is a perfect criminal. He has done such a perfect crime by creating this world that mind cannot trace how He did it. That is why the mind always freaks out about God.
Twenty years is, after all, a long time. We are not the same people we were. Old friends, lovers, even family members: they are strangers who happen to wear a familiar face. We have no right to claim to know anyone after such a distance.
I read the bible often, not just to prepare for "Noah". I believe it is a very important book.
Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature.