Brittany Coast 14
oil on panel 11" x 14"
"Falling short of perfection is a process that never stops."
William Shawn
"With age, art and life become one."
George Braque
When teaching, I found that the students that had the toughest time progressing and the most difficulty getting started, were those who held too dearly to the idea of perfection. Perfection or the idea of absolute adherence to a preconceived notion of 'perfect', is an awful beast to confront. It smacks of machine made and engineering to a standard. I have learned that the human touch, in all its glorious imperfection, is absolutely necessary to making art and even recognizing what art can be. What I think William Shawn was speaking to was the seductive nature of the process of pursuing a personal vision every day, understanding that it always remains just out of reach. But the pursuit brings us forward and brings us back the next day, and all the days beyond. As the habit of daily work along this path builds over time, we one day realize that art and life have become one -
a most joyous discovery.
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