David Hinchliffe
7-18 December
David Hinchliffe DISSOLVE
Over 50 years of painting I’ve found the best way to capture the essence of a subject is to take out the detail…to dissolve it. By ‘dissolving’ we strip away the detail and allow the imagination in. I don’t so much paint the subject itself but the ‘effect’ or essence of it.
That’s why I like rain. Rain naturally dissolves a scene. It softens the hard edge of cities. It creates a veil. It adds mystery.
When I get to a city to start painting, I hope it rains. Rain is a way of washing away the complex detail of a city’s face revealing something essential about place.
Whoever said “less is more” hit the nail on the head.
We don’t see with our eyes. We see with our brain. Our eyes simply send a message to our brain which sorts out the image, the shape and colour and interprets it with imagination and memory.
If you fill in all the detail it simply leaves less to the imagination.
When I teach, I encourage students to see past the detail. Taking detail out allows the viewer’s imagination and memory into the painting.
The same happens when you read a book. Words trigger responses in the brain and the reader’s imagination fills in those details creating the scenes and the characters in the process. I try to achieve the same result through the medium of paint.
David Hinchliffe
Acrylic
122cm x 182cm
City Magic
on Canvas
$8,800
Swept Away Acrylic on Canvas 122cm x 152cm SOLD
Café Culture Acrylic on Canvas 101m x 152cm SOLD
Teal
Acrylic on Canvas
91m x 122cm
$5,800
Love and Traffic Acrylic on Canvas 91m x 122cm SOLD
Dance of the Umbrellas Acrylic on Canvas 91m x 122cm SOLD
Cobalt Blue Acrylic on Canvas 91m x 122cm
$5,800
Lemon Yellow
Acrylic on Canvas
122cm x 91cm
$5,800
London Mist Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm $5,800
Reflections
Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm SOLD
Forever Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm SOLD
Lady in Red Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm $5,800
DISSOLVE Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm $5,800
SOLD
Joyous Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 101cm
New York Blue Acrylic on Canvas 51cm x 102cm $3,300
The Encounter Acrylic on Canvas 61cm x 91cm $3,300
Enchanted
Acrylic on Canvas 60cm x 60cm $2,900
Arrivals Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Homeward Bound Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed
SOLD
City Glow Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
City Ride Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Venetian Haze Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Cerise City Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Blue Night Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed $2,300
The Pack Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Stepping Out Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Warm Glow
Acrylic on Canvas
50m x 40cm Framed
SOLD
Dissolving Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
Strolling Acrylic on Canvas 50m x 40cm Framed SOLD
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