Why painting?

Painting is such a fascinating experience. Once you see the light around you, and begin to understand the endless ways to use color to show it, there is no turning back. It becomes something you can never completely master, but continue to learn and travel on the path of discovery that keeps life so interesting.

“There are two kinds of artists, the emotional painter and the academician. The academician can paint into old age sitting on his stool licking his canvas until 98 years of age. The emotional artists burn himself up; he does not live long. The academician always creates something acceptable, boring, but acceptable. The emotional artist often misses, but when he hits, it is breathtakingly beautiful… touched by the gods!”

Sergei Bongart 1918-1985