(from Topiary Park in Colombus, Ohio)
Punjab by Sutej Singh Pannu
“We cannot speak other than by our paintings.”
(Vincent van Gogh)
“What is it that’s taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?”
(Claude Monet)
“Monet was riddled with frustration and self-doubt as he worked on this series. In April 1893, shortly before returning home to Giverny, he lamented: ‘It’s a stubborn encrustation of colors, that’s all, but it’s not painting…’ Close examination of Monet’s cathedral canvases makes evident the artist’s protracted labor. His layering of paint-often beginning with a foundation of neutrals, over which the color effects are achieved-contrasts with the flickering immediacy and bravura of the earlier works.”
(from Monet and Boston at the MFA Boston)
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”
(Edgar Degas)