Florida Art and Palm Beach Color

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
C.Orrico, Palm Beach

Say One Thing and Stop

9"x13" Acrylic on Panel
Via Mizner, Palm Beach
I have been reading Charles Hawthorne's book Hawthorne on Painting, and I'm finding myself underlining the whole book, which would kind of defeat the purpose for future reference, right? But it's hard to restrain myself. The man was a well spring of refreshing thoughts and quotes on painting. Summing up his philosophy of painting, he said this:

"Painting is just like making an after dinner speech. If you want to be remembered, say one thing and stop."
and my new favorite:

"Study by doing fresh starts and stopping when you tire. If you get it into your head that you do not have to finish a thing then you will be able to stop while it is still right."

Swing a Bigger Brush

8"x10" Acrylic on Panel
"Worth Ave and Hibiscus"
Somebody once said: "Take life seriously, and not yourself". Charles Hawthorne, a wise teacher and great painter, put it best, "Swing a bigger brush, you don't know what fun you are missing."