By merely increasing or decreasing the amount of contrast in any area we can move the observer through the painting.

All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.

The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.

Think of the centre of interest in a painting as you would read it in a novel or see it in a movie. The crisis or climax is that point when you simply can't put the book down or wouldn't dare leave the movie, for whatever reason.

Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.