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It has been my privilege to paint with Roy Mason on numerous occasions, mostly in the vicinity of Batavia.

More often than not I have found easy excuse to leave my own work and stand at a respectable distance where I could watch this man transform raw nature into a composed, not imitative, painting.

What I have observed time and time again is a process of integration, integration that begins as abstract design and gradually takes on recognizable form ; ;

color patterns that are made to weave throughout the whole composition ; ;

and that over-all, amazing control of large washes which is the Mason stylemark.

Finally come those little flicks of a rigger brush and the job is done.

Inspiring -- yes ; ;

instructive -- maybe ; ;

duplicable -- no!!