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It is not uncommon for artists, especially abstract artists to discover ‘The One Painted Thing’ that the painting is about. The entire structure however large seems to exist just for that one ‘thing’ to become manifest. I have found this often to be the case. It is interesting when someone looks at the painting and discovers it also.
Rarely have I preconceived that ‘One Thing’ because it develops out of the sub-conscious in the process of painting. It is not so much a theme as a singular statement. It often is seen as a coalesence of the other forms and images or to say it more perfectly, the fullest expression of all the other forms. It is the pinnacle, though curiously it may often appear cloaked or partly hidden. It resides supreme in part because of a perfect shade, or shape.
That one special ‘Painted Thing’ even in its subtlety is like a magnet, a sun which all the other forms, all the other shades seem to revolve around. It might even be said that one of the purposes of abstract painting is to discover that One Thing, that essence of the painting that seeks to become exposed and discovered.
When a painting has excellent balance, when it is purely painted, when there is an inherent energy and then when a core genesis is discovered within the context of the entire painting something very special has happened. The painting develops and then the artist begins to realize what needs to be manifest. It is a distillation process. Then the One Thing is painted and sometimes quite by accident. The artist stands back, almost astonished. He realizes what has been achieved…as if beyond his own understanding. That ‘One Painted Thing’, that image irrevocably 
