I’m back to painting again. So many obstacles, of course, most of my own making. I got side-tracked with a lot of family business. Not complaining, just retesting the argument I make these days. It needs defending. That you don’t have to paint to get better at painting. The principles you use, the disciple you apply get a constant workout in the day to day. I have a deadline too and that certainly is a motivator.
We ran into Bill Keyser at Pete Monacelli’s opening last week. Bill was in Fred Lipp’s painting class with me. The first words out of his mouth the other night were, “I miss Fred.” Of course you do. We all do. We are on our own. Fred left his tool kit behind and plenty of instructions. “There are no rules,” he use to say, except for one, “Trust your eye.” Something I do everyday now.
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‘No rules’….I think you meant…
Yes. Thank you
“u dont have to paint to get better at painting.” i wish u had a like button so i could like this sentence.
so much easier to click than to write a cohesive comment. (or maybe it’s the kush strawberry dreamscape talkin’.)
kush strawberry dreamscape can talk all it wants