Editor’sNote
Keep It Simple
S
implicity.Totakea
complexideaorvision
andreduceit downtoits
clearestform.That’sa goal
thatdrivesallkindsofcreative
thinkers—fromwritersand
philosopherstoscientistsand
inventors.AlbertEinstein.
HenryDavidThoreau.Earnest
Hemingway.SteveJobs.They
allhadsomethingtosayaboutit.Andit’snodifferent
forthepainter.
WinslowHomeroncesaid:“Neverputmorethan
twowavesina picture;it’sfussy.”Artistslearnquickly
thatthere’sa lotofpowerinsimplicity,andstrive—as
theycomposeand
create—tofollowthe
familaradage:Less
ismore.Howaston-
ishingit is,then,to
discoverjusthow
difficultsimplicityis
toachieve.
Inthisissue,we
featuretwoartists
whoareespecially
drawntothehuman
faceandfigureas
subjectsfortheir
art-making.ForMichaelLatala(onpage22),it’sa
genrethatallowshimtocommunicatethebeautyhe
seesintheworld.Eventhoughhisgoalistoconvey
a model’suniquespirit,hedoesthatnotbycaptur-
ingeachandeverydetail,butratherbysimplifying
them:“Overtheyears,I’velearnednottooverwork
mypaintings,”hesays.“I’malwaystryingtoeditor
simplifytheimagethatI’mtryingtocreate.”
Similarly,artistJustinMaaspointsout(onpage
8)that,whendrawingthehumanface,wemaybe
temptedtofocusoncapturingallofthedetailsofthe
individualfeatures,butgettingthecorrectplacement
ofthosefeatureswillactuallyhavea greaterimpact
onthelikeness.
Noneofthismeansthatthecreativeconceptbehind
a paintingshouldbespare.Whenit comestotheidea,
it’sOKtoengagecomplexity.But,whenit comesto
execution—thesimpler,thebetter.PJEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Anne Hevener
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the complicated
things are
reduced to
simple things. So
it is in painting.”
— THOMAS EAKINS2 Pastel Journal OCTOBER 2019