Henry Matisse said, “It has bothered me all my life that I do not
paint like everybody else” and “I do not literally paint that table, but the
emotion it produces upon me.”
These two quotes have stuck with me because lots of times I feel
the same way. I may not draw something just like someone else or I may not draw
the lamp just as the lamp appears in reality, but I draw it how I see it. If
it’s a little off, who cares? If it’s not perfectly symmetrical, who cares? If
it’s not the same color, who cares? I am always amazed by those who can draw
something that looks so close to reality that it’s almost as if it’s a
photograph. But that’s not how I do things. And that’s not how Matisse did
things either.
Here are some of my favorite not-so-perfect perfect Matisse
works:
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| Still Life with Oranges (II), 1899 |
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| Still Life, 1900 |
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| Vase with Fruit, 1901 |
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| Open Window at Collioure, 1905 |
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The Windshield, 1917
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| La Torsem et Native Nue, 1932 |
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| Interior in Yellow, 1946 |
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| Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya, 1947 |
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