Occupation: Painter Birth: May 24, 1924
I try to find a compositional structure in the subject itself, in nature... I rely on the angle where the wall meets the floor as a constant referenc….
I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is one of the hallmarks of re….
The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wa….
There will always be those who want to make paintings of the human form with all its parts all where they should be, in spite of progress..
It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art..
Each work has to be done as intensely as possible..
I decided that expressionism was a cheap way of getting a reaction - show anybody ripped apart, and you get sympathy. I was deliberately trying to sh….
Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing..
Look slowly and hard at something subtle and small..
I get my highs from using my eyes..