I didn’t even want the brush to come between me and the image.
[Regarding the white paintings…] If you have size, you have proportion. If you have size and proportion, and if white is a color, than you have a painting.
An artist has to start without any conceivable purpose other than curiosity and a sense of adventure. Not a good job, not a better life. I just do what I do.
I think curiosity is probably the most important energy that any creative person can have.
Demos Master sumi-e painter Angie Dixon demonstrates the bamboo joint, bone, and leaf brush strokes. Dixon says a great sumi-e painting combines a variety of wet and dry, light and dark, thick and thin brush strokes. She says you can’t fix a brush stroke, but you can enhance it. Beginning Sumi-e Student Work [gallery …
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Robert Rauschenberg with Charlie Rose
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I didn’t even want the brush to come between me and the image.
[Regarding the white paintings…] If you have size, you have proportion. If you have size and proportion, and if white is a color, than you have a painting.
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