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It’s been my habit to draw for many years.  My sculptures often start from drawings and so do my prints.  But it took me twenty years to go back to full-fledged paintings.

The process of making paintings can be faster (than, for example, the building process of a sculpture) more flexible, and it can allow spontaneous happenings and development of visual narratives, which can lead to a glimpse of depth and the richness of who we really are.

But I’m also rediscovering how draining and strenuous the process can be. It is the process of dropping all my daily concerns and opening all my antennas to feel beyond my ordinary spheres and gaze back into myself, all the while putting my faith in the mostly fruitless struggle of digging and building toward the rare confrontation with the moment of a resolution.

It is certainly one of the most meaningful activities for me but it is one of the most challenging acts as well.

May 29th, 2015

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