Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Mary Beth McKenzie

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Mary Beth McKenzie.

Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Mary Beth McKenzie, N.A. is an American painter of contemporary figures in the realism style. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and currently resides in New York City where she teaches art at National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York.

Born: 1946

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Everything in painting is about relationship, so I judge each area by its relationship to the surrounding areas.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.

Mary Beth McKenzie

A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Cats sleep in a state of total abandon, and I find that state very interesting in people as well.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Nothing is more beautiful than a line that brings out a form.

Mary Beth McKenzie

You have to evolve as an artist, and this is really a lifelong process.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Most beginners are too anxious for results. Real progress takes place over a long period of time.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Sometimes working on one painting will help solve a problem in another painting.

Mary Beth McKenzie

I always work directly from life, partly because I really enjoy having an interaction with the person in front of me but also because I love having a direct response to shape and color.

Mary Beth McKenzie

I usually start by doing one or more color studies of the subject on a piece of canvas taped to cardboard.

Mary Beth McKenzie

Artists make things so much easier for themselves when they learn to trust their eyes.

Mary Beth McKenzie