A Wordless Center
Perspectives from The Artist's Road
The Dining Room in the Country Pierre Bonnard
“Somewhere within all of us there is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has remained unchanged since we were children, the source of our strength and compassion. This faint confluence of the tangible and the spiritual is where art comes from. It has no known limits, and once you tap into it you will realize what truly rich choices you have. May each painting you do from that sacred place include an expression of gratitude for the extraordinary privilege of being an artist.”
- Richard Schmid (from Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting)
In our view, Richard Schmid has gotten at the heart of the process of living an enlightened existence as an artist. To go to that deep place he talks about can be an elusive and difficult thing to achieve in our art, for it entails some risk. It can appear to be far easier and safer personally and economically to ride a…