Zen Print

This painting began with a wide squeegee sweep in a C shape. I then left it for a day or two, adding slowly other marks. It is called Zen, because it adheres to the principles of the action being the thing in itself, which correlates to abstract painting in that it is as much about the process as the finished piece. Paul Klee referred to his art as taking a line for a walk, this is about that - seeing in every step the 'thing in itself', and then the organic growth from one brush stroke to the next. Aside from this, it could be construed in aesthetic terms, that I know when it is finished because it has a certain look, not too cluttered and not too sparse.