Mark Horst , Art and Meaning

"Seated Figure No. 9, 36"x36" Oil on Canvas. 2008"

What is the meaning of doing art for you?

"If there weren’t something that remains hidden from
us much of the time, something precious and wild, I don’t
suppose I would bother with painting.

I do love paint. I love the smell of the linseed oil and the
raw colors squeezed from the tube. And I do love painting:
standing before the easel; the open window of a fresh canvas;
the first brush stroke of paint dripping and clear; the
deliciousness of seeing shapes and patterns and shifts
of value and intensity.

But for me painting is—above all—a way of being present.
It is the daily practice of paying attention with enough
intensity that when the hidden world steps closer, I have
a chance of noticing it; so that when the wolf stops to sniff
the air outside my window, I can catch a glimpse of her."
Mark Horst

Mark's work can be seen at:
www.flickr.com/photos/markhorst/
Mark's blog is:
http://www.markhorst-studionotes.blogspot.com/

Mark's email is:
horst.mark@gmail.com