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DAVID HARDY
"“There
is something one notices right away about my studio painting procedure.
I place my painting on my easel near my subject, choosing to view it from
a spot some distance away. Then I proceed to walk to my easel to apply
each stroke of paint, back and forth. Friends have jokingly suggested
I should measure the total distance walked when completing each picture and
charge by the mile!
All this walking while painting is not an idea I originated. It was
used by many of the Master artists of the past, among them Caravaggio, Rembrandt
van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego de Velasquez, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and
John Singer Sargent. It helps me to develop a painting as a single,
vibrant unit.
I use a gradual building up of paint, a process called Layered Painting.
Areas in the light are built up with layers of opaque oil thinned with glaze
medium until it becomes translucent. Shadows are layered on in thin,
overlapping transparent glazes. Each layer must dry before applying
another, requiring patience and time.
I go to all this trouble because it enables me to create marvelous visual
effects with a subtlety not possible in any other way. It's like being
given a special wand and becoming a magician.”
ROB ANDERSON
“Art
is my greatest passion. From the beginning of my conscious life it has played
a major role. I have eagerly studied many aspects of it; its history,
its materials and its techniques, applying the knowledge acquired there to
the creation of my own art. I find working with combinations of these
three aspects to be artistically energizing.
In my art, I focus primarily on the figure. I believe that through the
depiction of the human form that the inner life of humanity can be revealed.
The challenge of capturing even a glimmer of that universal essence
of being on canvas and paper is what compels me to create art. It is the soul
that I am seeking to illuminate, whether through portraiture or figurative
work. When they are most successful some of that essence comes through,
and my drawings and paintings become both provocative and contemplative to
the viewer.
It is a joy for me to be able to impart some of the knowledge that I have
acquired over my years in art to my students at the ASCR. I hope to inspire
my students as much as I am inspired by them.”
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