Wayne Thiebaud: An Artist to Enjoy and Study

A retrospective in London:


"He [Thiebaud] remains prolific, if self-critical, and recalls an anecdote about the great Japanese artist Hokusai, who proclaimed at the age of 90 that he might really learn to draw if given another 10 years. Does Thiebaud likewise feel that as an artist he continues to learn with age? “I often feel that I’m always starting over, in a way,” he says, on reflection." - NYT, 8-27-17

Office Still Life, 1975

And still, Mark Rothko:

 "Rothko...  told a group of art students that he included in his paintings a measure of hope: ‘‘10 percent to make the tragic concept more endurable.’ ...  he chafed at the label ‘‘abstractionist.’’ The subjects of his paintings, he said, were ‘‘basic human emotions’ " -

The Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX