Something which started me off thinking about paint the way I do is listening to Maggi Hambling talking about paint.
Last year I collaborated with Chris Newson an artist whose entheuthiasm inspired me and spured me on when we first met, right at the begining of my degree.
At the opening of our joint exhibition, Hambling spoke of painting and art and those words helped fuel my exploration into the active role of paint. Something Hambling describes as ‘living’ paint.
“Art is about truth…” -MH
This video is Maggi speaking again about paint and art at Chris’s Private view about a month ago.
Everything she says here, is so importrant to my project and what I have been trying to communicate in the last few months.
Chris’s work is a strong example of active / living paint. His paintings come from him and his emotions.
Chris Newsons Exhibition, Snape, 2014.
