Thoughts become words – words have meanings that define thought; a brushstroke is a thought. It takes countless brushstrokes to make an image that can potentially be read like a word. I am forever dancing with the invisible, trying to entice it into manifesting into my/our world. Thoughts and words can be guides for how the invisible …
“Painting is a physical activity, which is, in reality, just the act of smearing paint on a canvas, simple, direct, tactile. At times I like to trick myself into thinking it really is that simple? But every moment of my existence – past, present and future – feeds into the “smearing of paint.” –Shane Guffogg Continue reading Notes on Studio Life
“Un Artiste Atypique” Shane Guffogg and Amor Fati #1 are featured in France’s – La Gazzette Doruot Magazine On August 15, 2016, Amor Fati #1, reached a record high sale at Cannes Auction. It also made the top of the list, for “Best Sales” for this auction. More Information Here Continue reading Amor Fati #1 reaches a record high at Cannes Auction
I started off as a figurative painter because that was what I knew – the visualization of the physical world. Somehow – and I don’t remember exactly where or when – I saw beyond this world. I saw with my mind and all my senses began to form pictures in my mind’s eye (or at … Continue reading Excerpt from “Thoughts” 2012
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