Wednesday, March 07, 2007

THE FIFTH ELEMENT


On such a white day especially, I am drawn to the vibrant painting of Emily Mason. I would love to jump into one of these and swim in all this color.






There is a new book Emily Mason: the fifth element by David Ebony and published by George Braziller that is chock full of beautiful color plates.









Happy colors to you.

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Jen said...

As a long time Emily Mason fan, I have this book. It is a joy! Jen

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PURLS OF WISDOM

"Color is the real substance for me, the real underlying thing which drawing and line are not."
--Sam Francis

"The great man is one who never loses his child's heart."
-- Philosopher Mencius

"We wear our attitudes in our bodies."
-- Patti Davis

Colour embodies an enormous though unexplored power which can effect the entire human body as physical organism.

Colour is a means of exercising direct influence upon the soul.
--V. Kandinsky
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way.. things I had no words for.
--Georgia O'Keeffe

Nothing is really work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
--J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Faith is like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
--E. L. Doctorow

Somebody once said that people become artists
because they have a certain kind of energy to release, and that rings true to me.
--Dale Chihuly