“There is no science of the beautiful [das Schone] except Critique, and there is no fine science except for fine art”. (Nietzsche) We must in the act of painting deliver ways of cognizing in order to transcend romance. The balance must be struck between the Romantic Baroque and the Observant, Reacting, Modern spirit. The feeling of hypertelia along with some of the unusual prospects of the world has to permeate the work. A painting has to exude something that we are able to grasp intellectually without words and critique, something that goes beyond the techniques acquired to “make” it.
Number 44, Watercolor on Arches 140# wc paper, 30” x 22” , 2021