11 Aug How this painting, “Last Green of August,” came to be
The painting began to become interesting when it was moving forward enough that ideas began to freely present themselves. When I am not certain how to move the paint, I look elsewhere on the canvas, trusting that the hand knows. Then I look back and see that it was the right move, for I stepped outside of myself in order to find how things connected, and it was good, so good. This experience is about not looking ‘at’ the thing, but rather, feeling from within, and it is better painting because of it, and exceedingly more pleasurable to paint.