Artists in Our Midst: Artist Talk with Michael Trevillion
“My hero was Leonardo da Vinci. I loved the idea that Leonardo personified of both art and science and the Philosophy that is a bridge between both… “
In this video presentation by The Hearth - Arts on Bowen, Michael Trevillion shares his inspirations, process and motivations behind the imagined landscape paintings he creates. TO VIEW CLICK HERE
Artist Statement
Painting and philosophy have been the two constant threads running through my life. I started painting in oils at the age of fifteen and was fortunate to be somewhat proficient in the medium almost from the beginning. For the most part I am self-taught. My recent works are imaginative landscapes that hopefully convey a certain mood through the quality of light. Because they are drawn from imagination, these paintings could perhaps be more accurately viewed as expressing an inner rather than outer landscape. Their primary focus, however, is still mood. Interestingly, the ideas and concepts that are the currency of my other passion, philosophy are nowhere directly expressed in my paintings. It is my hope, however that in wrestling with the mobile and paradoxical ideas of philosophy, a mood of soul has gradually developed that is conveyed through the images.
As Goethe wrote: “Beauty is the sensible reflection of the Idea”.
“Colour is an essential part of how we experience the world, both biologically and culturally. One of the earliest formal explorations of colour theory came from an unlikely source -- the German poet, artist, and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who in 1810 published Theory of Colours (public library; public domain), his treatise on the nature, function, and psychology of colours.
Read the full article here Goethe’s Colour Theory
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