Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.

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

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

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

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.

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.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.