I often use an old canvas and I particularly enjoy painting over something I've already done, allowing bits to come jumping through accidentally. Myfanwy Pavelic More Quotes by Myfanwy Pavelic More Quotes From Myfanwy Pavelic The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it took over me than I took over it. Myfanwy Pavelic progress shapes easy When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works. Myfanwy Pavelic oil tired design People and things have edges, but where does a landscape stop? Myfanwy Pavelic landscape doe people And yet my life seemed to be just one big mass of people. I would never ask some people in for tea to fill up time. I just never would do it. Whenever I seemed to have a quiet hole, I would paint. That was what I would choose to do to fill up the time. Myfanwy Pavelic solitude tea people