The act of painting has become a silent meditation within the ways of long looking between brush strokes. My mantra “what if,” the few forms, developed by drawing, follow a process similar to the painting to be, the difference being the addition of color. Where did they come from, these somewhat bland shapes? Truly from feeling a rightness of position, a position of the space (two dimensions) they now measure… (Read More)
Ted, the Painter
Throughout much of my father ’s development as a painter he has been searching, it seems, for not only a way to express his vision, but to discover what he senses exists, a view beyond the possibility of ordinary vision. This way of working is more similar to a spiritual path than a contribution to contemporary art in that it constitutes a desire to come closer to the quality of… (Read More)
Ted, my dear friend
Ted’s paintings have a subtlety, beauty, and a power that are overwhelming. Years of work and perseverance have connected his spirit, inner intuition, his soul to the physical craft of painting. He has manifested for us, in the material world, to see and to ponder the connection between the Spirit, the Soul and the Body. For myself, I feel that he can truly be called a Messenger of the Spirit,… (Read More)