One of the most amazing artists I know taught me an incredible but essential element of composition. I’m not going to mention it because it doesn’t apply to this painting, but his teaching made me think about my bubble journey in Fauvism.

He told me “now it’s okay if you’re going to break the rules, but that shouldn’t be the case always.” Then a thought popped in my head. I have to know the rules first in order to break them. That’s why so many pioneers went from a strict art form and then gradually stepped toward another. They broke the rules of the art form they were committed to because they knew how it should have been done.

I’m on another ride. I’m only learning and exploring at the same time as I try to commit to an art style, or an artistic bubble that won’t pop anytime soon…