A Painter’s Statement in

Six Aphorisms

By David M. Stallings

I.

The world is full of harsh, loud vulgarity.

I want to bring forth a soft, quiet Beauty.

II.

Sensibility leans towards the

timeless, the subtle, and the beautiful.

III.

A painting is always more than the subject it depicts.

IV.

The poetry of a thing depicted

is often more important than the thing depicted.

V.

Great work doesn’t take you to another place,

It vitalizes the place you are in.

VI.

Be it a Life self forged

Or one bound by Fate,

Two things are certain:

Life is hard, Love is Great.