Interview by Jan Dickey
"[...] the painting has a lot of bone and muscle. Literally, that’s what I want. I don’t think in terms of composition, because my compositions are decided so offhandedly. So much is determined on how paint soaks through. But, I do like a feeling of bone and muscle. If you look at Chinese painting, the idea is that you can wander through the mountainscapes, which are like spines. The landscape itself has got spines. There’s not this big distinction between human beings and the environment that they’re in. Our bodies have something in common with the earth, and everything." –Dona Nelson