Artists & Illustrators 3
Howdoyougoaboutpaintingsomethingthatisn’tthere?AndI’m
notjusttalkingaboutwhena naughtynephewstealsanapplethat
wastakingprideof placein yourlateststilllifecomposition.I mean
thoseintangiblequalitieslikenostalgia,atmosphere,love,lossand
timepassing.I startedto thinkaboutthiswhenillustratorLucinda
Rogers,featuredonpage22,wasdescribingherexperiences
drawingat GroundZeroin theimmediateaftermathof the9/
terroristattacksin NewYork.Therewasa physicallossto illustratehere– the
veryrealabsenceof theiconictowers– butalsosomethingfarlargerthanthat.
AnneMagill’spaintings(page60)area constantsearchfortheseelusive
qualitiestoo.Inspiredbybothvividscenesfromherownpastandfound
photosof otherpeople’shistories,herworkis nevermawkishorobviousas she
foreverchasesa distinctiveatmospherethatsuggestsratherthanover-explains.
Andin ourstudiofeature(page28),JohnMonksdescribeshisowneffortsto
capturea sensethatsomethingorsomeonehasbeenin a placebefore,which
hedoesnotsomuchbypaintingbutrathersolvingvisualproblemsthateach
newworkpresents.Perhapswetooshouldstartto thinkof ourselvesnotas
artists,butdetectivesonthetrailof somethingfarbiggerthanallof us?
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