Quotes from Sara Genn

The Painter's Keys is a timeless, universal guide to lifemanship masquerading as a painting blog.

I'll put into words my experience as it is unfolding now in my life... in such a way that I might find comfort in knowing that someone else has the same thoughts and experiences.

Why all these years have I been agreeably turning down the stereo every time the phone rings?

Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.

Art is sometimes likened to a mirror... an expression of universal human truth, executed with a degree of skill.

As a community of artists, we might just keep safe each other's love affair.

I can hide as much as I want in my colours

You are solely responsible for doing the work required to become better.

Learn from the greats, and expose yourself to better work.

In the art game we do our own cooking.

Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman.

The strategy of keeping the studio close, like an outbuilding five paces from the house, or in the loft next door, or with the studio on one end and the bed on the other - makes art always available.

The 'wandering studio' gathers and stores experiences, takes chances with the unfamiliar and requires a measure of self-trust. Mistakes are part of the change of scene.

You need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like.

Pay no attention to the less courageous.

Having a favorite color is like having a favorite lung.

Refreshing failures roll off the travel easel like ants from a picnic blanket.