From Teachers

My faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute would be happy to know that some of their teachings have stuck firmly in my mind, and some of these ideas I have passed along to my own students. Like Hassel Smith talking about Clifford Still's huge canvases, observing the tiny area of joyous color nearly hidden by the large fields of color surrounding it, the importance of that tiny area cannot exist without the large areas everywhere else. Like not being more concerned with the cost of a tube of paint than you are for the need your piece has for using that paint generously. Like if you don't entertain yourself, you won't entertain anyone else. Letting go of your own ideas and letting the piece tell you what to do. Using unequal amounts of color so the piece is not too balanced and static. Celebrating the happy accident. Learning how to mix any color imaginable with the fewest possible mixtures. More later....