There is No Seam
Painting by Louis Finkelstein
“Hanover Center II”
1998, oil on canvas,
38 x 42 inches
Notes from “Thoughts About Painting” by Louis Finkelstein from “Painterly Painting,” 1971
“Between technique, vision, design, expression there is no seam; neither is one thing the cause and another the result.”
Tips for Improving Your Paintings
Drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn
“Reclining Lion”
pen and paint brush
ca. 1650
Class notes from art camp classes with George Liebert and Dan Gustin, Oxbow, MI, summer 1991.
Make a list of verbs and adjectives about your own work.
When struggling with a work, isolate parts of it and do lots of sketches to come up with a better composition.
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