THE HUMAN MIND CAN BE VERY GOOD AT LEARNING THINGS BUT HAVE A GREAT TROUBLE AT UNLEARNING THINGS.

 I AM SURROUNDED BY SEEDS OF CREATIVITY. MY JOY IS TO PLANT AND NOURISH THE SEEDS

 THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO MUSIC. YOU START CREATING……… AND SOME GOOD THINGS PRESENT THEMSELVES.       – HERB ALPERT

THE CUTTING ROOM…… USE A CHAINSAW TO      CUT, CUT, CUT! 

EXTRA STUFF CAUSES LOSS OF INTEREST. 

NEVER BORE YOUR AUDIENCE KEEP THEIR INTEREST.

WHEN YOUR MIND BECOMES OBSESSED WITH SOMETHING, YOU’LL FIND IT EVERYWHERE.

THE ONLY THING THAT LASTS IS THE ESSENCE, OTHERWISE IT IS A TRANSITORY PAINTING

 COMPARE YOUR ART TO BACH. A CONSTANT VARIATION OF A SINGLE THEME?

LEARN TO ELIMINATE. COME TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER AND THEN MAKE IT WORK.

THE SIMPLER THE SOLUTION THE MORE POWERFUL IT IS!!!

IT IS A MATTER OF DISTILLING. FIND GREAT BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY.

LETTING GO OF WHAT YOU KNOW. PAINT WHAT YOU SEE……            

LIGHT, SHAPES AND SHADOWS.

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ME – MY HEART WISHES TO SHARE EVERYTHING WITH YOU AT ONCE. BUT I EXPERIENCE THAT IF I PRESENT EVERYTHING AT ONCE IT WILL TURN INTO BUSY NOISE. 

I AM GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY IGNORE IF YOU WERE LIKE MOST PEOPLE. ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND IT YOU WILL NOTICE IT. 

FOR ME TO REALLY ENJOY SOMETHING I MUST FOCUS ON ONLY ONE THING AND FILTER OUT THE REST.

NARCISSISTIC– CAN SEE ONLY THE REFLECTION OF HIMSELF THAT IS BLINDNESS.

THOSE WHO SPEAK ARE BLIND…..SPEAKING CAUSES BLINDNESS. 

WORDS, LABELS INHIBIT OUR ABILITY TO SEE.

YOU’D RECOGNIZE ME FROM THE BACK, A BLOCK AWAY, BY MY SILHOUETTE. THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB FOR ME AS A PORTRAIT ARTIST IS TO ACHIEVE A SHAPE THAT THAT YOU’D BE RECOGNIZE FROM; WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF YOU? THE BIGGEST PART OF YOUR LIKENESS IS THE SHAPE OF HER HEAD THE LENGTH OF YOUR NECK AND YOUR POSTURE NOT YOUR EYES NOSE OR OTHER FEATURES.     -THOMAS S. BUECHNER

LARGE SHAPES OF COLOR. DON’T BREAK IT UP INTO LEAVES

 VERMEER WORKED LIKE A POET HE CHISELED HIS WORK REMOVING THE FLUFF, LEAVING ONLY THAT WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 

UMBRAPHILE  IS A CHASER OF SHADOWS

COLOR IS LIFE, ANYTHING WITHOUT IT IS DEAD

COLOR GETS ALL THE CREDIT – VALUE DOES ALL THE WORK!

IF IT IS NOT RIGHT IN THE BIGGER SHAPES IT IS NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE SMALLER ONES

THE HUMAN MIND CAN BE VERY GOOD AT LEARNING THINGS BUT HAVE A GREAT TROUBLE AT UNLEARNING THINGS.

COMPOSITIONAL RULES.     RULES OF THIRDS.  GOLDEN RECTANGLE IN GOLDEN SPIRAL, READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. VALUES. 

LEARNING TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. WHAT YOU KNOW CAN BE DANGEROUS. 

LEARNING NEW THINGS IS MUCH EASIER  THAN UNLEARNING THINGS

CREATIVITY. KNOWING THE RULES. KNOWING YOUR RULES. BREAKING THE RULES.

PAINT THE LIGHT AND SHADOWS,  NOT THINGS……    PHOTOGRAPH THE LIGHT

SIMPLIFY. SIGNAL NOISE RULE. EXAMPLES.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE. WHAT IS THE HERO IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPH/ PAINTING.    WE TEND TO WHAT TO MUCH DETAIL. WE WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING AT ONCE BUT THIS RESULTS IN LOSING THE HERO.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY IMMENSE BEAUTY AND THERE IS A TENDENCY TO WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING AT ONCE.

CAPTURING THE MOMENT. THE ABCS.     ANTECEDENT. BEHAVIOR, CONSEQUENCES

WE SPEND MUCH OF OUR LIFE AND AUTOMATIC HABITUAL BEHAVIOR.

WE CAN RARELY SEE WHERE WE WANT TO GO IN THE BEGINNING.

WE OFTEN TIMES FEEL FORCED TO FILL THE VOID WITH “STUFF”

THE COGNITIVE NEED TO CATEGORIES AND LABEL,  DEPRIVES US OF FULLY EXPERIENCING LIFE.       SAYS FREDERICK FRANCK, 

AS A WAY TO REMOVE THESE  BARRIERS TO SEEING, THE IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER CLAUDE MONET ADVOCATED THAT “TO SEE WE MUST FORGET THE NAME OF THE THING WE ARE LOOKING AT.”

 WE DEVELOP TUNNEL VISION WHICH GIVES US A CLEAR VIEW OF THE RUT AHEAD OF US BUT PREVENTS US FROM SEEING THE WORLD AROUND US.

THE EYES, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BRAIN, ARE SELECTIVE, CONSCIOUSLY NOTICING ONLY THOSE ASPECTS OF REALITY IN WHICH THE PERSON IS INTERESTED, AND PAYING NO ATTENTION TO THE REST.

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN SHOOTING NEW THINGS. I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING NEW THINGS.          – ERNST HAS

PICK YOUR STYLE FROM OTHER ARTISTS

COMPOSITIONAL RULES.     RULES OF THIRDS.  GOLDEN RECTANGLE IN GOLDEN SPIRAL, READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. VALUES. 

LEARNING TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.                    WHAT YOU KNOW CAN BE DANGEROUS. 

SIMPLIFY. SIGNAL NOISE RULE. 

WHAT IS THE HERO IN YOUR PHOTOGRAPH/ PAINTING?

WE TEND TO WHAT TO MUCH DETAIL.       WE WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING AT ONCE BUT THIS RESULTS IN LOSING THE HERO.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY IMMENSE BEAUTY AND THERE IS A TENDENCY TO WANT TO SHARE EVERYTHING AT ONCE.

 WHAT STORY DO YOU WANT TO TELL.

BREAKING YOUR RULES. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR RULES FIRST

LOOKING OR SEEING

TO LOOK WE USE LABELS, NOSE, EYES, TREES.  USING LABELS INHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO SEE SHAPES