If you watched the video interview from yesterday’s blog you heard Bush mention that he gathered some inspiration from the essay by Winston Churchill, “Painting as a Pastime”. First published in The Strand Magazine in 1921/22 Churchill writes about coming to painting later in life and the enjoyment of it. Here is one of my favorite excerpts from it:
“Just to paint is great fun. The colours are lovely to look at and delicious to squeeze out. Matching them, however crudely, with what you see is fascinating and absolutely absorbing. Try it if you have not done so – before you die. As one slowly begins to escape from the difficulties of choosing the right colours and laying them on in the right places and in the right way, wider considerations come into view.”
More about Churchill tomorrow.
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