VIDEO PORTRAITS
Gordon Rayner
Video clips © CCCA &
Linda Corbett_Eyeris Inc. 2006
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Style
Gordon Rayner discusses the importance of landscape and
the environment in his work. Throughout his travels,
the uniqueness of a place - its culture, art, and light, are a major
influence on his approach to painting.
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Research
In this clip, Gordon talks about his love of research and
what an integral part it is of his working
process. In his series of portraits of famous artists throughout history,
he used an assortment of photographs, paintings and drawings
from library sources as a starting point.
running time: 01:06
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Influences 1
Coming from of a long line of painters and commercial artists,
Rayner knew from the start that he wanted
to become an artist. In this clip, he talks about his apprenticeship
at 15 years of age with Jack Bush.
At this exciting and pivotal time, Bush and his
colleagues, known as the Painters Eleven, where making
the change from naturalistic imagery to abstraction.
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Influences 2
Acknowledging your influences and emulating them is, for some
artists, an important and useful step in developing their our
personal style. Inevitably though, each person must find their
"own voice". For Gordon Rayner, a talented and versatile copyist,
"the difficulty was in trying to shed the influences".
running time: 01:03
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Process
Rayner describes the process of creating a painting, his tools
and techniques - including photo references, image transfer
initial colour washes, mediums and glazes.
running time: 03:03
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