When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever - he either finds what he is looking for or dismisses the work as irrelevant. He has deprived… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most important properties of a work of art is an attempt to reconcile opposites, and in their fusion to achieve a 'wholeness' or 'oneness,' the experiencing of which should be revelatory - both for… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever - he… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most important properties of a work of art is an attempt to reconcile opposites, and in their fusion… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
Art is precisely that condition which pertains when, after all analysis and reduction to parts has taken place, there remains a 'quality' which is… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
I want my paintings to have a light of their own, they must glow from inside. — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
My paintings should become objects into which one could float, as in water, so that one's mind is hung... suspended, and the emanation of… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
There must be something in oneself which is essential. Therefore I refrain from referring to a landscape or certain objects when speaking of a… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
Any art which can be subjected to an analytical process is, by this very fact, removed from the possibility of being art. — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
Ideally there is a type of continuum which flows from life through the artist's sensibility and his materials... the concreteness of the object and… — Douglas Portway Copy Share Image
