“When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing. It is only after a sort of “get acquainted” period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.”
–Jackson Pollock
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Well put words from Pollock, words that very much fit with how I feel about my own work and process, even though our works seem to have little in common in appearance. I think it’s the harmony that he speaks of that is our common ground. At least, I hope.
Note: The show, Internal Landscapes: The Paintings of GC Myers, has opened two days early at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown.
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