David M Stallings

A Painter's Statement in Six Aphorisms by David M. Stallings


I.

The world is full of harsh, loud vulgarity.
I want to bring forth a soft, quiet Beauty.

II.

Sensibility leans towards the
timeless, the subtle, and the beautiful.

III.

A painting is always more than the subject it depicts.

IV.

The poetry of a thing depicted
is often more important than the thing depicted.

V.

Great work doesn't take you to another place,
It vitalizes the place you are in.

VI.

Be it a Life self forged
Or one bound by Fate,
Two things are certain:
Life is hard, Love is Great.