LESS CAN BE MORE

The painter Robert Genn wrote, "the finished work looks easy and that makes everybody crazy. And that's the idea.." Chuang Tzu said, "Easy is right. Begin and you will be easy. Continue easy and you will be right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy." I feel a deep sense of truth in these statements. One reason is because I do a lot of what inspires my work prior to entering my studio, and this allows for ease in my process when I paint. Also, I am seduced by keeping things simple and trusting the power and presence of simplicity. This may come from a rebellion to masochistic hard labor ethics. It may come from a devilish part of me that wants to get away with such pleasure to the path of transcendence. Not to mention that right or appropriate action can be achieved almost effortlessly if we are able to be present. It also comes from a respect and admiration for those who have proved less can definitely be more; more elegant, more poetic and more other, that is the mystery that captures the viewer.

Linda Saccoccio