ploring the possibili5es inherent in the concept
called Chance opera5ons. Here the ar5st creates by
le7ng chance produce new pa6erns that would not
have been conceived by the conscious mind. the
composer John Cage threw dice; Bill invented "Bird
Space" as different from "Human Space" from the
chance migra5ons and soaring of hundreds of birds
during his yearlong landscape pain5ng by the Hud-
son. "My future plans come out of some commis-
sions I've been receiving, where people have been
interested in having their view, their par5cular land-
scape painted. I can study these crea5ons as my
"chance opera5ons", my opportunity to do some-
thing not derived from my own environment. In
seeking more of this sort of commission, this can be
my own contribu5on to the study of how we pro-
fessional modern ar5sts express life."
Bill Hochhausen
www.hochbill.art
Split Decision
High Tor from Stony Point.
Oil on linen.
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