Dwight V. Strong
* The quotes are Dwight's descriptions.
Paintings: California - Mexico - Europe - - Purchases - - About Dwight
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| “If you ever have a chance to visit Patzcuaro, go there, don't miss it. If you are a painter, prepare to fall in love. It is filled with paintable scenes, buildings, people. The Indians don't like to be photoed and probably not sketched, either. But you can do it in the markets and streets. This street leads straight up the steep hill, where a path to the local homes takes off. It is a busy path, flickering with light and color. There are many "whites" which I can use to energize the painting.” | "Underneath the glitter of Mexico, there is a harsh poverty. The shacks and paltry homes in the little town of Pichitaro makes this poverty visible. When you look at it and the busy people, you can't see more than the outside, but this outside is good to paint. I don't understand why poverty paints better than prosperity.” | ||
| "The Mexican landscape is dominated by mountains and churches that rise surprisingly in every view, testimonials to the past riches of the clergy and the continuing faith of the people.” | "Mexico, with its colors, sweep and emotional range from somnolence to violence, resembles the sleeping volcanoes. Different views bring changing moods for the artist to seek and find. Country life is slowly laborious; countryside beauty steals softly on your senses. Look hard, catch it with horizontal lines and subdued color.” | ||
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