For even the painter himself cannot be fully aware of the way in which the picture gets made: there is a wide area of the unpredictable in the act of… - Patrick Swift

What trace of the creature subsists in the work. It is a way of staying alone, passing the time subjected to the object — silent, still. Walk with humility in the landscape. To be some natural thing — an ancient tree — no thinking — not to think is central to the activity.

One who opens his eyes and sees. To be good at seeing. How difficult not to see anything but the visible. And nothing will be left but dust and manure. Attempting the impossible. Approach the mystery.

Painting is created from within and we must begin from within if we are to understand it.