Today Painters Do Not Have To Go

Technique Is Just A Means Of Arriving At A Statement.

On The Floor I Am More At Ease. I Feel Nearer, More Part Of The Painting, Since This Way I Can Walk Around It, Work From The Four Sides And Literally Be In The Painting.

Modern Art To Me Is Nothing More Than The Expression Of Contemporary Aims Of The Age We’re Living In. All Cultures Have Had Means And Techniques Of Expressing Their Immediate Aims – The Chinese, The Renaissance, All Cultures. The Thing That Interests Me Is That 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.

Abstract Painting Is Abstract. It Confronts You. There Was A Reviewer A While Back Who Wrote That My Pictures Didn't Have Any Beginning Or Any End. He Didn't Mean It As A Compliment, But It Was.

I Continue To Get Further Away From The Usual Painter's Tools Such As Easel, Palette, Brushes, Etc. I Prefer Sticks, Trowels, Knives And Dripping Fluid Paint Or A Heavy Impasto With Sand, Broken Glass Or Other Foreign Matter Added.