Monday, November 23, 2009

You Cannot Out-Paint the Paint


When you do realism you have to decide what degree of realism you are going to attempt… I am not trying to duplicate something that I see in nature because you must always compromise—it is always going to be paint, you cannot out-paint the paint.

Neil Jenney
Swimmer and Reflection, 1970

2 comments:

Turtle Ink said...

I love this painting. And I love paint. You should specialize in portraits!

kloeamongtheturks said...

As much as I'd like to take credit for this painting, it's not mine...

And I've done your portrait, remember???

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. love.