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When I first began reading the forum I read a statement by Karin Wells which went something like -- Anymore, it's much more important what I paint than how I paint.
I thought at the time -- what a curious statement to make. Some things get stuck to my brain and won't dissolve away, this was one of those things.
As I have tripped merrily along in my education I have come to appreciate the meaning of this more and more. My conclusion is that it is all about the design choices up front (be as I say, not as I am). Painting is crafty stuff and can be caught up.
I would concede that at some rarefied elevations, after such matters of design have been overcome, the application of paint could become an art form. But if it were acquired from a menu, in a sequence, it would come somewhere around the dessert cart for me.
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Mike McCarty
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