I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
For me, painting is that magical material, that beautiful stuff that was invented, the ground-up pigments in oil which makes it very malleable. It can be manipulated and changed, darkened, lightened, given different hues and colors, so that by manipulating this material somehow I can find that figure I'm looking for, that figure that represents all the issues I'm bringing… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share
See the first stroke as a start and everything after that a recovery. — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
The gesture must be correct. If the gesture is correct, your mind really creates the reality of the figure, and it is not necessary… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
I had the desire to paint the figure without actually painting the figure. — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
What I'm concerned about now is creating a metaphor for what the figure really is. — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
Though I have considerable interest in Europe and in traveling, I am most content with simply working and allowing the world that I'm creating… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
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