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“How artists get there may be just as important as where they arrive.”

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“Psychologist Jean Piaget said, ‘What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.’

So, how we see changes our experience and understanding of what we know.”

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Finished works don’t materialize out of nothing they are developed through many other studies.

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Making things is a form of knowing.

And, every media used to make images with offers a different way of understanding.

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“I work in many media simultaneously, comparing and contrasting them to see in fuller ways.”

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“The word study implies something is being learned along the way that will eventually flower in final works.”

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“Studies are often as fresh and open ended as they are unfinished. 

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“Studies lead to unexpected realizations that influence final works and may even become new ones.”

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“Studies can be appreciated with related works as well as on their own.”

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“Studies offer another way of seeing inside an artist’s heart and mind.”

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