Zetetic from the collection of South Carolina Arts Commission

Zetetic, 1970

oil painting

25.5 x 33.5 in

My mind’s eye saw Zetetic for months, and I believe it was influenced by primitive icon forms. When I started to paint, the colors became a stronger reference and took some of the imagery. It became a struggle which I had to block out, so I did a lot of looking and turning until I felt comfortable with my exploration of icon, nature and stress within the single work.

I sometimes feel it and see it and paint it; other times I paint it, feel it and see it. Neither situation is entirely pure, and frankly I hold no preference. My work contains fluctuations now that refer to nature and space, and these areas contain ever-changing focuses, as I love the idea of the ‘rotating point of view.’

Frankly nothing seems simplistic to me – there is layer over layer over layer. Seeing to me means noticing complexities that are in every stone, every seed, and every wave – it is all very busy.

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