When Robert Zandvliet began these small paintings, they served as studies for his larger ones. More recently, they have taken on their own qualities, colors gushing into one another, blotches and splatters, with a spontaneity Zandvliet would also like to export. ìThe directness in the small piece I also want in the large one. I am working on getting on top of this, but it simply takes many long years.î