Disruption

Disruption
30" X 40"
Acrylic (Yes, I needed to work quickly on this one.)

"It is important to note that from a psychoanalytic perspective, ugliness is not a quality of things; rather, it is a psychological experience that is felt to be external to the self, although its source lies primarily in fantasy and psychological conflict. Certain things and images that we encounter in life become occasions for a powerful experience, the perception of ugliness. It is undeniable that at the very least, some qualities of the image catalyze our reaction, but it is the disruption of the formal/aesthetic dimension of our subjectivity that forms the core of ugliness."
---George Hagman

To this expressive painter, ugly paintings are just as important as beautiful paintings.