Light Wash

Andrew Wyeth

1961 

    

  "I dream a lot.  I do 

    more painting

    when I'm not painting.  

    It's in the subconscious."

      

    -Andrew Wyeth

Poppies by Robert Vonnoh, 1888

"Violets Reflection" by Dan McCaw

                                                            

      

“Art is not something we learn to do but instead is a search to uncover and express that which already exists within all of us.  What we are searching for is our inner voice. I believe that most of us protect, deny or under-value this intrinsic voice, but we all have one.”  
        

~Dan McCaw

                                               

Distant Thunder 
Andrew Wyeth,1961

“The picture evolved in a strange way.  I had wanted to paint my wife, Betsy, picking blueberries, but nothing worked.  It was just someone picking—sort of trite.  I really struggled, but got nowhere, until I decided to hide.  I sneaked along the edge of the woods and found her sleeping.  I made a quick drawing.  As I finished it, I could hear thunder way off in the direction of East Waldoboro.  Suddenly, out of the grass, popped our dog Rattler’s head, his ears up, cupped, hearing those distant sounds.  The sky had that yellowish cast it gets before big storms.  All of a sudden I realized there was too much face.  I painted in the hat.  That made the picture.”   ~Andrew Wyeth