According to one critic, my works looked like scraped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scraped.
"Mark George Tobey" was an United States/American Painting/painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. Along with Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and William Cumming (artist)/William Cumming, Tobey was a founder of the Northwest School (art)/Northwest School. Senior in age and experience, he had a strong influence on the others; friend and mentor, Tobey shared their interest in philosophy and Eastern religions. Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago.
More Mark Tobey on Wikipedia.On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
All of the artists congregated at our place. My folks were an anomaly since so many of the others were gay. The young guys appreciated getting a home-cooked meal there on Sunday.
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