Life, art, and letters of George Inness . er, ignoring his presence, kept right on happened to be the canvas in dispute. He wasnever disturbed by an audience; in fact, he rather likedone, because it gave him an opportunity to talk andto expound his theories. So after painting in silencefor a while, he turned to Clarke and said: I got in quite a muddle over this in trying to fix thesky. It lacked sparkle and interest. Sometimes,Clarke, it is hard to find just where the thing is wrong;it does nt seem to hitch. It may be in the sky or inthe patch of light across the foreground; and th
Life, art, and letters of George Inness . er, ignoring his presence, kept right on happened to be the canvas in dispute. He wasnever disturbed by an audience; in fact, he rather likedone, because it gave him an opportunity to talk andto expound his theories. So after painting in silencefor a while, he turned to Clarke and said: I got in quite a muddle over this in trying to fix thesky. It lacked sparkle and interest. Sometimes,Clarke, it is hard to find just where the thing is wrong;it does nt seem to hitch. It may be in the sky or inthe patch of light across the foreground; and thenyou will find that it is nt that at all, but the fault liesin the composition, and those trees in the right are outof place and mar the breadth and grandeur of the pic-ture. But then the misery of the thing is that you cannever get back the thing you had before you touchedit. Clarke, if I could only learn to leave a thing aloneafter I feel that I have what I want! It has been thecurse of my life, this changing and trying to carry a 192. SUCCESS AND RECOGNITION thing nearer to perfection* After all, we are limitedto paint. Maybe, after we get to heaven, we shall find some other medium with which to express ourthoughts on Canvas. I had this picture very fine, andthen I knocked it all to pot. Its the one our friendbought. lie was in here this morning, and we hadsome words because I changed it. I tell you, Clarke,I shall have to keep these fellows out of here. Youhad better take the pictures to your rooms and letthem see them there, for if you dont, I m afraid thecanvases never will be done. Sometimes I almostwish I had another trade. But I m getting it now;this is going to be the greatest thing I have ever you see how brilliant it is? The thing is would rather starve to death than give up art. Mr. Clarke, who had come into the studio at a laterstage of the evolution of the picture than had hisfriend, had been spared the shock of seeing it in thediscouraging stag
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