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The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020 - 7th November 2021

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Over my career I have taken part in many artist residencies in various parts of the world; I have even organised and run a residency program myself. 2020 has brought new challenges to us all, I however intend to treat these challenges as opportunities. With this in mind today, the first day of my self-isolation having arrived back from my studio in the Untied States last night, I I launch my new blog which will become an integral part of this website as I redesign is over the coming weeks.

Artist Residencies give artists the space and perhaps more importantly the time to make new work; I intend to treat my time in self-isolation in the same way that I would if I were on an artist residency in another studio in another part of the world. Athole House Studio maybe one of my home studios but for me it is a work space, and lets face it, we all now have the time.

The Self-Isolation Residency 15th April 2020: Day 17

4/15/2020

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 Well I didn't get this piece finished today, but I have made great progress on the highlights and shadows. I have been concentrating mainly on creating shadows by lightening all the other areas. This is a great way to work in a painting like this where I want all the colours to be as bright and vibrant as possible.

Above I have uploaded both yesterday's and today's image of the the painting to demonstrate both how the painting has progressed, (please forgive the wildly different lighting),  but more so to demonstrate how brightening some areas can create shadows in others. Take the area of the 'rug' directly beneath the chair for instance; the 'shadow' yellow colour in today's painting is exactly the same as that area was yesterday, all the rest of the yellow on the rug has been painted to make that area repetitively brighter. The same has been done with the blue areas on the rug.

Talking about painting shadows brings to mind another area of contention that often arises for student artists: I don't know how many times I have been asked 'what colour are shadows?' And I have even heard other students say, 'shadows are grey'. No, shadows are not grey, unless the surface that the shadow happens to fall on is white or grey to begin with. Shadow, as demonstrated in the painting are a darker tone of whatever colour the surface is that they are falling onto. So if the shadow fall on a red surface the area in shadow will be a darker red and so on, its as simple as than.

Actually whist I'm on the subject there is perhaps an even bigger is here with the question 'what colour are shadows?' It's a question that should never have to be asked which is why if a student asks me that question I always have the same answer for them; 'look for yourself!' Seeing colour might to some extent be subjective, the red I see might not be quite the same as the red that you see, but the relationships between the colours and especially the tones of the colours we see do remain pretty much the same. This means that any artist should use the eyes to thoroughly examine what is in front of them and their brains to thoroughly interoperate what they see. Even if I did tell a student what colour a particular shadow is it probably wouldn't be exactly the same as the one they are seeing.

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  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact