Tag: Terry

  • The Strength of Africa

    I thought I would post another picture for all those that like cats and art entitled the Strength of Africa it is acrylic on 24 carat gold leaf covered board.

     

    spirit-of-africa

    love to hear your thoughts about this rendition. enjoy.
  • Dyslexia – second image from a past exhibition.

    Not all dyslexia is the same whilst in consultation some people said that when reading certain letters seem to promote themselves whilst

    others sink into the background.This was the thinking behind this piece of work.

    lovesonbgcomputer generated

     The following piece of poetry ,T.S.Eliots Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufock,  was randomly selected

    as a starting point

    LOVESONGplain words

    These word were then modified to demonstrate to those without dyslexic tendencies what it would be like to actually cope with this phenomenon

    lovesong

    Finally the the black letters were removed a each letter converted into a coloured square to reveal the hidden pattern within the selected passage.

    Vowels in Dyslexia
    Vowels in Dyslexia

     original, created with ruling pen and acrylic paint

    image .size 15″ x 19″ (381mm x 483 mm)

    I have long been attracted to hidden shapes and patterns that exist all around us.

    If you think that this may be of interest to someone please share.

  • New page added to tadams.org pichers from an exhibition ( http://tadams.org/pictures-from-an-exhibition/ )

    New page added to my to web presence showing pictures for my forth coming exhibition.

    Paintings 2

    enjoy

     

  • 7:30 pm (Watchers))

    -Any Esplanade-

    7.30 pm ( the watchers)

    Who is watching who? 7.30 pm

    Preparing to experience the making of dreams to store  for recall- 7.30 am

  • stranger around the corner

    Sometime images just appear like a stranger before you

    beyond the red door

    here as the background was being created the image appeared.

  • Thoughts confned

    Taken for granted simple things are often complex, made difficult through circumstances.

    Movement,  Thought, Understanding, Centred in our universes, we are confined.

    interlectual confines

    “I am trapped, confined in the matrix of my time, whilst thoughts orbit around the centre of I”

     

     

     

     

  • “Simplistic Complexity”

    “Evening Entrance to Cockburn Street  – Edinburgh”

     is the latest picture based on the concept of

    “Simplistic Complexity”

    A  concept has been distilling over a number of years now.

    entrance to cockburn street edinburgh
    “Evening Entrance To Cockburn Street”
    – Edingburgh

    This concept is on the premise that we use vertical line to make sense of our surroundings and to orientate.

    The colour information is distilled and the vertical lines added in high contrast.

    The concept grew out of a series of painting  called City Signatures which in turnt gave birth to

    Edinburgh cityscapes and finally “Evening Entrance to Cockburn Street = Edinburgh”   is the latest

    the journey continues.

    Does it have a presence ?

  • Dyslexia, Art and the meaning of Life

    It has been suggested that the phenomena of dyslexia may be the next stage of human evolution; individuals who are gifted with the phenomena

    of dyslexia often see more than others.  At times they may read slower, but imagine if you had to decode every page first would it not slow down your reading?

    In the beginning was the word but there was always another element the spaces between the words, a hidden code, just like without silence there can be no music.

    Reading without the spaces i is just one big word-search, difficult to understand.  As an artist every written page, past present or future is a unique piece of art.

    This is the first piece that was created Hamlet In Dyslexia,

    Each dot represents a space whilst the dark flowing lines represented the “rivers” often experienced on a page sometimes static

    at other times skipping and dancing down the page.

     

    The next piece created focused on the vowels in a piece of poetry by T S Eliot each vowel allocated a colour.

    The aim here was to simulate the promotional effect that is sometimes experienced where certain letters

    seem to jump of the page whilst others seem to hide in the distance giving the text a 3D effect.

     

    The final piece in this post is Numeric Symphony in Red and is based on the effect that when you look at a table of numbers  they seem to come together

    and dance.Numeric Symphony in Red

    Curiously although this is based on numbers most viewers who have dyslexic traits can see the numbers

    quickly whilst those who have not the gift see dancing shapes.

     

    finally  I would like to leave you with a comment I heard or imagined cannot remember which :

    ” Dyslexia is frustrating, – Frustrating waiting for others to catch up”.

     That all for now, as usual look forward to hearing your views.

     

     

     

  • An embarassing exhibition – the 4 seasons

    4 Paintings that formed the centre piece of a solo exhibition held in Perth Scotland

    Image of Winter
    – WINTER –
    Image of Spring
    – SPRING –
    Image of Summer
    – SUMMER –
    Image of Autumn
    – AUTUMN –
    The press had taken photographs, conducted interviews,
    and the invitations sent out for the private viewing,
    Interest had been expressed a good turnout was anticipated.
    Eventually the big day arrived, the studio had provided nibbles and wine
    unknowingly, the gallery had sold all four of the featured exhibits.
    The buyers, in a hurry left for London  with the paintings before the opening.

    The exhibition went ahead with four blank spaces all rather embarrassing, but none the less a talking point.

    Do you have one to share?