Art
A Tribute to Thomas Hennell
It is strange how my path seems to keep crossing and re-crossing that of the mid 20th Century artist and writer, Thomas Hennell.
His work has provided me with much information, inspiration and encouragement and so it seemed only right to show my appreciation and celebrate his memory.
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His work has provided me with much information, inspiration and encouragement and so it seemed only right to show my appreciation and celebrate his memory.
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The Deserted Village
How Oliver Goldsmith's poem 'The Deserted Village' inspired a painting, many years ago, and why his words and the image formed in my mind from them still dwell with me today.
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A Figure From the Past in the Landscape
Can landscape art mediate a link between us and figures from the past, defying the passage of time in a place?
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A First Experience of Horse Ploughing
The Start of a Thing
Why is the start of something new so exciting? I particularly notice this when I start a painting, but does it mean that this is the most important phase of the work, or was that actually long before or afterwards?
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The Memory of Experience
Why is it so hard to access the feeling of the original experience when we revisit a memory or event in our mind?
How is the brain processing to the memory the complex beauty that is all around us?
I think that certain kinds of art can sometimes link us back to this ‘lost’ emotional sense, the artist’s treatment of detail providing a key to replicating the mind’s experience of the original moment.
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How is the brain processing to the memory the complex beauty that is all around us?
I think that certain kinds of art can sometimes link us back to this ‘lost’ emotional sense, the artist’s treatment of detail providing a key to replicating the mind’s experience of the original moment.
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