I paint very large pictures. I realize that historically the function of painting large pictures is painting something very grandiose and pompous. The reason I paint them, however – I think it applies to other painters I know – is precisely because I want to be very intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience. However you paint the larger picture, you are in it.
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2 comments:
His ideas of being IN the painting are so true. I can't tell you how many times I have felt like a painting was overpowering me when it was larger than I. But I felt a distinct difference in the smaller works.
thanks so much for the groupings of Rothko. the quote is great,too. I love to see a room full of rothkos.
http://thinkvisual.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/postcardc-1-11-the-one-and-only-national-gallery-east-wing/
your blog captures that in spirit
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