“I have a voracious appetite for images I can translate.” I CanDesireAppetiteTranslate Author:Wanda Koop
“I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do.” EnergyWishFeltPaintingPaintEnergetic Author:Wanda Koop
“For the surface, I'm not interested in painterly convention. It's more interesting if it looks like it painted itself.” IfsLooksInterestingSurfaceConventionsNot Interested Author:Wanda Koop
“As a painter, taking photos is a form of shorthand - note-taking.” FormPhotographyNotesPainterShorthandNote Taking Author:Wanda Koop
“It can be frightening to spend 5 weeks alone in a cabin in the wilderness. I was able to collect my thoughts and worked a lot - because I couldn't do anything else.” AbleWeekSolitudeWildernessFrighteningMy ThoughtsCabins Author:Wanda Koop
“I paint bridges because they're in transition; you're coming or going, you're not anywhere - full of possibility.” PossibilityPaintBridgesTransition Author:Wanda Koop
“There's an assumption that because I'm an artist, I've got all the time in the world.” WorldArtistTimeAssumption Author:Wanda Koop
“Going on the ship felt like 100 years or one day. Timeless. Beautiful vertigo. It will continue to show up in my work.” YearsShowsBeautifulFeltOne DayTravelShipsTimelessVertigo Author:Wanda Koop
“When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.” IfsFeelsArtBodyProcessVulnerableVulnerabilityFearful Author:Wanda Koop