Virtues of Patience : The Opening Within the Grid, by Zachary Ritter

An essay by Zachary Ritter, thinking through the painting “Patience” and offering a view of connection to points of social and political resonance. Ritter blogs at separationintheevening.tumblr.com

Reflections on Painting

To be capable of making a painting, one has to believe that the painting is worth existing, regardless of whether or not one becomes personally responsible for the suffering of its creation. Once one believes the painting is worth existing,

Joan of Arc – Jules Bastien-Lepage

  Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), a French Naturalist painter, drawn to art at a young age, his family lived in a village and grew grapes in a vineyard. Jules went to Paris in 1867 to study art at École des Beaux-arts.

Artist’s Statement on Grid Paintings

Artist’s Statement on “Grid Paintings”   These paintings sustain a faith in the transformative capability of art. The artistic pursuit through this work is about embodying principles and values that demand a concentration of will: patience, endurance, consistency. The practice