Blog tagged as working principle

It allows the medium to be investigated not only as something that carries color, but as a physical material whose movement, distribution and structure can be deliberately shaped.

Richter works through successive layers, movement and removal. I direct pigment through controlled micro-movements within a single painting session. So what actually changes when the artist stops applying paint and starts directing pigment?

What makes an artist? Not the ability to copy what is seen, but the ability to transform observation into something of one’s own. These ten theses reflect on artistic development, memory, imagination, technique, imitation, and the freedom to move beyond what is visible.

One of the questions I am asked most often concerns the surface of my paintings. People wonder why it looks different.