“A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction.” NeedsSometimesRealityChangeExistencePaintingTake MeMaking Changes Author:Mary Beth McKenzie
“Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.” GivingImaginationFocusPaintingAreasImportanceLeavingFinished Author:Mary Beth McKenzie
“Everything in painting is about relationship, so I judge each area by its relationship to the surrounding areas.” PaintingJudgingAreas Author:Mary Beth McKenzie
“Sometimes working on one painting will help solve a problem in another painting.” SometimesHelpingProblemPaintingSolve Author:Mary Beth McKenzie
