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Pines and crevasses ( an I-pad image, from memory, of autumn colours on an escarpment in the Alps whilst travelling along the highway)<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are two quotes that I believe are very relevant for artists today.<\/p>\n

Paul Gauguin :
\n ‘Don’t copy nature too closely – art is an abstraction as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it and concentrate on what you will create as a result’. <\/em><\/p>\n

How I interpret this is: don’t slavishly copy what one sees in front of one (nature\/photograph) but interpret it expressing one’s self in one’s own language on the final image.<\/p>\n

Another Gauguin quote I found which confirms this is:-‘If you see a tree as blue then make it blue.!’
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A bottle brush tree. (acrylic)<\/p><\/div>\n

Matisse:
\n‘A picture isn’t a mirror which reflects what I lived through but a powerful and highly expressive object which is new to me as to anyone else.’<\/em><\/p>\n

Matisse’s quote sends out a similar message to Gaugin\u2019s.
\nHe had an everlasting interest in colour and used it as a means of expression creating many art works that were highly individual. I’m a great fan of ‘The Fauves’.<\/p>\n

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A windblown tree. (watercolour)<\/p><\/div>\n

In my own artwork, I try to be more original, bearing in mind the many quotes that artists of the past have made.<\/p>\n

Julie Witt
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