Originality

"Casting Shadows"
8 x 12, Oil on Linen
(c) Lesley Powell 2016
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I am always striving to see with my own eyes, and preserve a unique point of view. It's easier said than done! We are inundated with thousands of images these days. For a visual person, that means that a lot of other points of view are lodged in the brain. As an inspiration and a reminder that each of us is unique, I am sharing some quotations today. Enjoy!

"Serenade"
16 x 20, Oil on Linen
(c) Lesley Powell 2016
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"There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so, he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted." --Henri Matisse

"[Regardless of the subject], there is richness to be found, because it rests not in the subject but in the way you experience your subject." --Richard Schmid

"Pont Alexandre III, Toward Invalides"
12 x 16, Oil on Linen
(c) Lesley Powell 2016
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"Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations".  --Paul Cezanne

"The beginner in painting begins by copying nature in all literalness, leaving nothing out and putting nothing in... By and by, he will learn to omit the superfluous and to grasp the essentials and arrange them into a more powerful and significant whole. And it is wonderful to know that these "essentials" will be essential to him only (and herein lines the secret of

originality). Another man will choose another group of essentials out of the same fountain of inspiration." --John Carlson

"Village in the Vaucluse"
12 x 18, Oil on Linen
(c) Lesley Powell 2016
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"Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must be only a directive for you. Otherwise, you will never by anything but an imitator".  --Paul Cezanne

"Do not ask yourself, "WHAT do I see?" Rather ask, "What do I see?" --Richard Schmid.