And the newest one
Up , Down or In the Round ?, encaustic , mixed media on cradled birch panel , 24 x 30 inches , 2015
“ All those things of the spirit and the mind , thought to be so nebulous , so other , find expression through the hand , taking up a material existence in the world . And what is achieved bears no relation to normal calculation of means and ends - the means so paltry - canvas , stretchers , pigments , whatever - the ends so vast - powers , glories , ecstasies of pleasure and terror . Painting proclaims the true incarnation , the union of matter and spirit … . Through the hand - this is the crucial point . Painting presents us with an image of the world reconstituted …
( emphasis mine ).( P . 23 Richard Hennessey , Art Forum Magazine , May 1979 )