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This gallery is a sample of my direct painting studies from life: all landscapes done, or at least started, en plein air; all still lifes, from my household objects, food and drinks, in natural light. These studies – as their subject matter – are the daily stuff of my life, food for my sense of vision, my way to stay awake and genuinely alive, my meditation practice. Each work here refers to a specific place and time; each is faithful to the reality of the moment, and yet none is realistic in the narrow sense of the word. Painting creates a special way of seeing, and seeing the subject matter before you creates the quintessential experience of painting, the powerful tension between what is there and what is seen: it is in this space between the supposed "reality" of the actual subject matter and the reality of its painted representation that the emotional state of the viewer is hidden. | ||||
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