It's Better Than You Think!

[Marvin Mattelson]

I kind of follow Jim Croce's advice,

Now you don't tug on Superman's cape.
You don't spit in the wind.
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger.
And you don't mess around with Jim.

Especially the part about spitting into the wind. If one chooses to spit on a windy day, one should learn to do so with the wind at their back.

I look at painting theory as a guideline or a compass. It's function is to appropriately point one in the proper direction.

A wise man once told me, "pigments function in a more limited scheme than actual natural light. Anyone who paints runs into this limitation pretty early, whether they are intellectually aware of it or not. The trick is to translate, and eventually to control and enhance to achieve aesthetic goals."