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Occasionally I cut up my old paintings and turn them into multiple new pieces which I would then paint over. Not out of dissatisfaction, but to disrupt my habit of starting a painting from a blank surface. I often leave hints of the original painting in the new piece as that too is part of its story.
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When I paint, it’s simple...I just keep going and going and going. Knowing when to stop is a very different story.
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When it’s too balanced, too predictable, too familiar...too perfect — time to paint over it.
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