“...there is little of the saccharine in Dickter’s birds and flowers. The subject matter of his paintings is almost totally irrelevant. They could be paintings of rocks or weeds or frogs, or of nothing recognizable at all, and they would still carry the same impact. Because his paintings are all about the marks, the drips, the texture, and the arrangement of images on a flat surface. These are abstract paintings that happen to picture birds, flowers...”