Guy Anderson

Anderson, Guy (1906-1998

By Deloris Tarzan Ament

A Mystic to the Core

Anderson's paintings carried the ambiance of Puget Sound's misty light, mountains, and green woods. But they were pulled in equal part from a deeper source -- from the unconscious birthplace of dreams that bubble to the surface to express as symbols. A mystic to his core, Anderson recognized that a symbol transcends the one who makes use of it, and expresses more than he is capable of expressing.

He once wrote:

"Whether the condition of this world in its light and dark hours changes greatly for the enlightenment of man, he still is a night swimmer among its mysteries. I read the Vedanta and the Vedas, and I think about the order of the universe. The more we send men out into space, the more I realize we already are in space, floating out there. The whole order is preordained, in some miraculous way. I think all creation is magical" (Ament Interview).