Below is a list of books I have read completely and in some cases only specific chapters. Some were part of a reading group with Jordan Wolfson, some from other teachers and others I found myself.
The first two below are two books which had a major impact on my art practice and if you are a painter I encourage you pick them up if you have not already read them.
All About Process, by Kim Grant
Changing Images of Pictorial Space, by William Dunning
Other books in no particular order
Mysteries of the Rectangle, by Siri Hurstvedt
Dewey for Artists, by Mary Jane Jacob
To Whom the Shoe Fits, Letters to a Young Painter, by Pat Passlof
Notes to a Painter, by Matisse
Life of Forms in Art, by Henri Focillon
On Judging Works of Art, Conrad Fielder
Art to Come, by Terry Smith
What Painting Is, by James Elkkins
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