{"id":1154,"date":"2012-08-08T05:24:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T05:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2016-02-09T23:48:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T23:48:24","slug":"spatial-planes-and-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=1154","title":{"rendered":"My Work &#8211; (Influences and Spatial Planes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1155\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Two-Boxes-Mar-2012-23-x-33-cm-reduced.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1155\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1155\" title=\"Two Boxes - Mar 2012 - 23 x 33 cm -reduced\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Two-Boxes-Mar-2012-23-x-33-cm-reduced.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Two-Boxes-Mar-2012-23-x-33-cm-reduced.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Two-Boxes-Mar-2012-23-x-33-cm-reduced-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Two-Boxes-Mar-2012-23-x-33-cm-reduced-433x300.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Boxes &#8211; 2012 &#8211; 23 x 33 cm &#8211; mixed water soluble media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This recent painting is an excellent example of how I permit influences to show in my paintings.\u00a0 My first consideration in this composition is the<em> feeling<\/em> of the space between the orange chair and the blue boxes and the use of spatial planes (Paul Cezanne).\u00a0 I also refined the composition through reduction (Ben Nicholson), and determined eye movement with Paul Klee&#8217;s approach to guiding the viewer&#8217;s perusal.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not thinking of these masters when working on the painting, but recognize their influences afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>My own sensibilities are prominent, which have developed over time through studying many wonderful artists.\u00a0 Their work and knowledge has provided me with a strong foundation.\u00a0 The key is appreciating the process of the masters.<\/p>\n<p>The spatial planes are very important and fascinating, as they can be quite elusive when developing the sense of space.\u00a0 They usually require a considerable amount of time to feel or refine, (which suits my temperament), ensuring continuity in my work.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Cezanne for this beautifully open consideration!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recent painting is an excellent example of how I permit influences to show in my paintings.\u00a0 My first consideration in this composition is the feeling of the space between the orange chair and the blue boxes and the use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=1154\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,23,12,35,30,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1154"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1154\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}