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
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 the painting would penetrate into people's consciousness. — 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
