Nature is the best and really the only real vocabulary that an artist can legitimately work with.
I think of music a lot when I paint. The theme of it to a degree is music. So instead of literally putting in music or literally putting in a musical… - Nelson Shanks
I think of music a lot when I paint. The theme of it to a degree is music. So instead of literally putting in music or literally putting in a musical…
- Nelson Shanks
A language not based on universal symbols or sensations is gibberish, a pitfall of modern art, no longer modern. - Nelson Shanks
A language not based on universal symbols or sensations is gibberish, a pitfall of modern art, no longer modern.
It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an exciting new world of vision. - Nelson Shanks
It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an exciting new world of vision.
I almost never do drawings, because I have found over the years that doing something in one medium and translating into another doesn't work. I like … - Nelson Shanks
I almost never do drawings, because I have found over the years that doing something in one medium and translating into another doesn't work. I like …
We got interested in aesthetics, and then at the end of all of it we fell off the precipice. It's almost like crawling back because so many technique… - Nelson Shanks
We got interested in aesthetics, and then at the end of all of it we fell off the precipice. It's almost like crawling back because so many technique…
If you find yourself with a weakness, attack it... don't develop a technique that avoids your weaknesses. - Nelson Shanks
If you find yourself with a weakness, attack it... don't develop a technique that avoids your weaknesses.
I'm drawing in my head pretty much. - Nelson Shanks
I'm drawing in my head pretty much.
Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subje… - Nelson Shanks
Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subje…
There are times when I love to play all kinds of complicated games in painting. But this is one case when I need to be fairly straightforward. I'll j… - Nelson Shanks
There are times when I love to play all kinds of complicated games in painting. But this is one case when I need to be fairly straightforward. I'll j…
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