“To be creative requires generating many unique ideas and then combining those ideas into the best result.” The Pipsissewa (Cree name for “It-breaks-into-small-pieces”

As to what a painting is or isn’t depends on who is looking…..

I paint to show the perfectness of nature. You say that is not so?

My eyes are ruined by the sight of magazines and photographs, I need the stimulation of real things

We should remember that a picture — before being a war horse, a nude woman, or telling some other story — is essentially a flat surface covered with colours arranged in a particular pattern……. Why in the world would you look at a splash of color over a flat surface? There are no war horses here, no drizzled soup cans, no stories told, yes, maybe a nude woman or two, only to get your attention…… and once had, the murmur of a stream is enough as who does not feel the beauty of form and color?