Wanda Koop Quotes

“When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.”

— Wanda Koop

Going on the ship felt like 100 years or one day. Timeless. Beautiful vertigo. It will continue to show up in my work.

— Wanda Koop

There's an assumption that because I'm an artist, I've got all the time in the world.

— Wanda Koop

I paint bridges because they're in transition; you're coming or going, you're not anywhere - full of possibility.

— Wanda Koop

“It can be frightening to spend 5 weeks alone in a cabin in the wilderness. I was able to collect my thoughts and worked a lot - because I couldn't do anything else.”

— Wanda Koop

“As a painter, taking photos is a form of shorthand - note-taking.”

— Wanda Koop

“For the surface, I'm not interested in painterly convention. It's more interesting if it looks like it painted itself.”

— Wanda Koop

“The light in the North is constantly a thrill for me ...”

— Wanda Koop

“I'm very interested in how colour and shape are perceived.”

— Wanda Koop

“I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do.”

— Wanda Koop

“I have a voracious appetite for images I can translate.”

— Wanda Koop