“Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising balance of forms and spaces will appear... making itself, the image taking hold. This in turn moves me toward painting - anxious to get to the same place, with the actuality of paint and light.” LightMovingFormTurnsSpacePaintingBalanceLuckyDrawsRelationPaintAnxiousSurprisingActualityMethodologyLucky Day Book:The drawings of Philip Guston Source: The drawings of Philip Guston
“Painting is a matter of finding the right balance between consoling and reassuring the eye and challenging and disturbing the eye.” MatterEyeChallengesPaintingBalanceFindingsDisturbingReassuringConsoling Author:Paul Kane
“Without rules you can't have anything, but you don't want to just be pedantic or obsessive. The painting is finished when it's working. The overall balance is right. Balance shouldn't be confused with design. There has to be restless jostle and aggression and a bit of dynamism, not just pat-ness or settled-ness or immediate pleasing-ness.” WantBitsDesignPaintingBalanceFinishedConfusedAggressionRestlessObsessiveDynamismPedantic Author:Matthew Collings