... a brush with paint on it can ... tip, touch, mark, float, flick, slope, slide, plunge, swirl, swish, smash, streak, hint, damage, swipe, scumble, hurt, rupture, gash, sweep, push, sliver, punkel, quicken, quiver, rip, burrow, stab, splat, block, shorten, bang, expand, alter, caress, hit, split, hide, destroy, point, cuff, tremble, tickle, spit, encourage, nudge, aim, tug, glaze, soak, heighten, lighten, sponge, swiggle, wipe, doodle, darken, arrange, wreck, shift, alter, shine, change, cut, thicken, renew, turn ,clean, explode, widen, whip, complete, open, finish, preclude, overlook, deny, sparkle, fatten, polish, tighten, sharpen, exact, thin, blur, veil, cease, stop, fidget, clears, bombard, repeat, strike, shiver, hurry, stagger, set, replace, make, pull, grip, join, break, soften, stroke, part, push, gash, hurry, jolt, jibe, rush, wash, allow, score ... Small wonder that not too many paint!
Brett Whiteley, 1983
Reproduced from Brett Whiteley Studio (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007).
Nothing online captures the beauty of this book - full of gorgeous images of Whiteley at work and details of his studio (piles of artbooks, collections of Japanese paint brushes, postcards and scribbles stuck on white walls). But you can enjoy a virtual visit to the studio and see if it challenges you to create.
