Artist living in Switzerland

Here's what I love about painting..

* I love the new white canvas; attacking it with dripping paint, just to give me some idea of the composition and to cover up the white. I have heard that some artists can be scared by a new canvas, but I learned to love new white canvases as I can remember a time when I couldn't afford them.

* I love watching a painting grow. I use oils and just keep building up a painting over several weeks or months, with the finished painting often looking nothing like I expected.

* I love how music sounds so much better when you're painting. You feel the music rather than just hear it, which makes it so much more interesting.

* I love paintings that almost finish themselves. They're the ones that are finished quickly and just feel right.

* I love paintings that drag on and never really feel finished. They're the ones that frustrate you, never feel right, and exist just to try your patience.

* I love dancing by myself in front of the easel, even though I can't dance and usually only ever try to after a bottle of red wine.

* I love the smell of oil paints.

* I love Payne's grey/gray.

* I love how oils are thick or thin, wet or dry, light or dark, transparent or opaque..

* I love the.. spiritual moments that I don't know how to describe.. or are they just the crazy moments?.. lol

* I love sitting and looking.

* I love pacing the studio, looking at things from different angles, turning things upside down, moving things around.