Tuesday, June 15, 2010

excerpts from "....simple list"


1. it's really simple really, to paint is to trust to believe in our instincts; to become.
2. painting is an investigation of being.
4. painting is an act of devotion. a practiced witnessing of the human spirit.
5. paintings are about: paint, observation & thought.
10. light is the true home of painting.
13. painting, like water takes form. paint is a film of pigment on a plane. it is not real in a way gravity bound sculpture is real. it is however real. painting comes to reality through illustion which allows us to make a leap of faith; to believe. to believe in a blue which can be a wing of a bug or a thought. it makes our invisible visible.

by squeak

found scrawled onto notes of mine so pardon punctuation and lack of accuracy to the source.

3 comments:

The Creative Beast said...

these are great musings on what painting is...i like No.#4 in particular but that is how i feel about making art in general - it IS an act of devotion =-)

thank you for sharing this list!

BTW: your poster design looks fabulous as a t-shirt! when my No Clothes Challenge is over, i'm going to snap one up if there are some left!! ;)

amandajayne said...

thanks for sharing the inspiration and the reminder of why painting is so important to me

amy said...

thank you for this! i especially love the first one. well, really, i love all of them. thanks for your art and inspiration :)
amy