People who look at my painting say that it makes them happy, like the feeling when you wake up in the morning. And happiness is the goal, isn't it?
When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees, and then a grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, 'This is my vision.'
You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting.
My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.
The Minimalists are idealist. They want to minimize themselves in favor of the ideal... But I just can't. You see, my paintings are not cool.
My paintings are certainly nonobjective. They're just horizontal lines.
Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.
Clare Henderson creates the most beautiful delicate prints and paintings.
I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far.
When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It is almost like when you paint on paper, and you can see the paper through the paint.
