19 July 2009
Late Afternoon
The pursuit of light is leading me into a different dimension. That Ray Roberts workshop keeps coming back, making me a better painter. Conversations with Ray in the heat of mid afternoon have made me question everything. Ray has indirectly given me a gift. I'm able to include about 5 per cent of what he was saying, but composition, values, shadows and above all, confidence, flows from those hazy days outside Idlewild.
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