Derain - On "I don't know art but I know what I like"


DerainThe Pool of LondonThe Tate Collection


Its funny how sometimes a painting will just leap out and grab a hold of you with that indefinable something that shouts “look at me!” This painting does indeed knock me over the head!

Seeing it got me to thinking (always dangerous!)… Many times I’ve heard the expression “I don’t know art, but I know what I like…”

Hmmmmm… I wonder if we really do know what we like about art. >>more


Gail Sauter – Journal: A Painter On Painting