Richard Diebenkorn

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Melanie A. Wotton

an abstract painting with white and orange colors on the bottom half of it, featuring a person sitting in a chair

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Richard Diebenkorn Foundation on Instagram: "“‘Yes, I still use that from time to time,’ #Diebenkorn said, with a wistful smile. ‘Years ago, I consulted the mirror constantly when I was painting. I thought I needed what it showed me. I thought, Oh, boy, what a marvelous tool for checking up on myself. By looking at a picture’s mirror image, I could see it as something foreign, unfamiliar, and so address myself to its previously hidden flaws.’ He fell silent. ‘When I was a representational painter,’ I resumed, ‘I liked painting what I saw in ordinary wall mirrors, and it was the same with my students. I’d put a mirror in a setup on the model stand, and the really beautiful part of their paintings would always be in their handling of whatever image was held in the mirror.’ Here the artist s