Abstract Painting Is Abstract. It Confronts You.

I've Had A Period Of Drawing On Canvas In Black - With Some Of My Early Images Coming Thru -, Think The Non-objectivists Will Find Them Disturbing - And The Kids Who Think It Simple To Splash A 'pollock' Out.

Abstract Painting Is Abstract. It Confronts You.

When I Am In A Painting, I'm Not Aware Of What I'm Doing. It Is Only After A Sort Of 'get Acquainted' Period That I See What I Have Been About. I Have No Fears About Making Changes, Destroying The Image, Etc, Because The Painting Has A Life Of Its Own. I Try To Let It Come Through. It Is Only When I Lose Contact With The Painting That The Result Is A Mess. Otherwise There Is Pure Harmony, An Easy Give And Take, And The Painting Comes Out Well.

You Can't Learn Techniques And Then Try To Become A Painter. Techniques Are A Result.

It Seems To Me That The Modern Painter Cannot Express This Age, The Airplane, The Atom Bomb, The Radio, In The Old Forms Of The Renaissance Or Of Any Other Past Culture. Each Age Find Its Own Technique.