Call of the Wild
Many of the strongest paintings are not the result of following a fixed plan, but of paying attention to what emerges during the process itself. This kind of intuition is built through experience rather than certainty. Every painting presents new questions, and each one teaches the artist something about seeing, making, and deciding.
Over time, these lessons become part of a personal way of working that cannot be borrowed or imitated. While influences from other artists remain important, lasting work is created when painters develop the confidence to make decisions that reflect their own observations and concerns. A distinctive body of work grows gradually, through patience, curiosity, and the willingness to trust one's own eye.
The Christopher Mudgett archive collection is the only one in the world to present the artist’s up-to-date painted, sculpted, engraved and illustrated œuvre and a precise record—through sketches, studies, drafts, notebooks, photos, books, films and documents—of the creative process.
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