The surface of things is beautiful: mist on a meadow, lines on a face. But I find myself wanting to draw and paint the poignant beauty of the life behind the surface.
I like what Martin Buber said in I AND THOU: “All real living is meeting.” I say, “All real painting is meeting.” Drawings and paintings happen along the way to something else. The best things happen when I don’t know what will happen next. Drawing/painting teaches me to trust my intuition