“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
“Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.” ArtArtistPaintingMastersAreasMethodTechniqueContemporaryEaseAbstractCompetenceRenaissanceAbstract Painting Author:Igor Babailov
“My studio is arranged so that I have a comfortable seating area for meeting with clients, an office area beyond that and a painting area, which includes room for art students to sit and watch as I work.” ArtRoomsWatchesStudentsPaintingOfficeComfortableAreasMeetingsStudiosClientsArt Students Author:Doug Dawson
“By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.” MovingPaintingAmountAreasContrastObservers Author:Mike Svob
“Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.” LooksImportantPastToo MuchPaintingAreasToneSparkleFocal PointPastel Author:Paul Murray
“I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced a bit by some of the particular qualities of the Bay Area. The weather and the atmosphere here is so exotic, like the fog rolling in and the nuanced differences in the quality of light.” ThinkingHas BeensLightBitsDifferencesQualityRichParticularPaintingAreasDialogueWeatherAtmosphereRollingFogAbstractionExoticGridsBay Area Author:Stephen Beal
“Until the late 1970s there'd either be only black or white in the paintings or if there were colours it would be a small amount, not a large area, and with the color separated from other colors by black or white (which is formula for Damien Hirst's successful dot paintings, incidentally).” IfsWould BeBlackWhiteSuccessfulColorPaintingAmountLateAreasColourFormulasDotsBlack Or WhiteSmall Amounts Author:Matthew Collings
“In the landscape, colors are more neutral than you may think. Pay close attention to this. Small areas of rich color can make the whole painting look colorful.” ThinkingLooksMayWholePayAttentionRichColorPaintingAreasLandscapeColorful Author:Matt Smith