“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?” KnowsMadeIdeasFeelingsArtistFeltStudySubjectsPaintingPersonalityMessagesResponseSensitivity Author:Gerald Brommer
“Painting several comparative images is a profitable way to begin to understand the concept of content.” WayUnderstandingPaintingConceptsProfitable Author:Gerald Brommer
“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