"Art is still the only place in the world where you can do exactly what you want if you pay the price, which is having no one else want it."
Grace Hartigan interview, 1979 May 10, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Years ago, Grace Hartigan, abstract expressionist painter, muse, friend, suggested to me:
"Do not be afraid to destroy your painting , cause when you do , you will go to a place you did not dream of. What survives will be a new place and self-discovery."
I took her advice one step further. I destroyed the following work to the point that all that remained were ashes. It was self-discovery.
