Marvin Smith       Non-Objective Realism  
 
 
 

Mark Rothko wrote, "The progression of a painter's work... will be toward clarity. Toward the elimination of all obstacles between the painter and the idea, and between the idea and the observer." The work on this site is manifested in the same spirit but seeks to go beyond "idea" toward the pre-conscious.

The work is informed by the Advaita Vedanta School of Indian Philosophy. 

The work is "non-objective" because it avoids the visual rendering of the illusionary reality of the senses, i.e., the object as well as the subject, i.e., the viewer. The paintings challenge the viewer to transcend subject-object-idea by merging the three so as to manifest being without context. Subject-object, viewer-painting, object-idea merge into the "AM," Emptiness.

Om sat tat

 

 

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