The environment becomes inspiration. My response to it becomes idea. And idea becomes purpose and action through interpretation and painting.
Editing and selectivity are processes that provide the first steps in determining and conveying content.
In the editing process, I delete what I do not want to use, move what remains around if necessary and add elements that I feel will make my visual statement as clear and understandable as possible.
Draw and paint the subject the way you want it to be, not as it is.
Why was the painting made? What ideas of the artist can we sense? Can the personality and sensitivity of the artist be felt when studying the work? What is the artist telling us about his or her feelings about the subject? What response do I get from the message of the artist? Do I know the artist better because of the painting?
Content is the meaningful substance of the work.
An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.
Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content.
Without emotional content we make pictures; with it, we create art.
Owsley Stanley
Josiah Wedgwood
Chris Raschka
Violeta Parra
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Cordelia Fine
Elliott Abrams
Galina Vishnevskaya
Debby Ryan
Karen Carney
Lacey Chabert
Tadashi Yanai
