The Violence of Colour
There’s a violence to pure colour, like an assault. It’s almost a toxicity. It disarms us, …and yet we perceive it as a freedom, an...
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John Reid
- Mar 24, 2023
- 2 min
Visual Immediacy.
In June 2022 I started to incorporate the use of texta marker pens and acrylic pens in my work. The main reason for this was to readdress...
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John Reid
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Igniting the Mystery of Art.
I feel very strongly that what needs to happen when viewing a painting is a shift in consciousness, brief as it may be, a new perspective...
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John Reid
- Jan 22, 2022
- 2 min
In Essence – Matisse: Life and Spirit.
Walking through the Matisse: Life and Spirit exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW one can’t help being intoxicated by the continual...
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John Reid
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Reaching Ones Destination – the late works of Mark Rothko.
I’ve always been obsessed and fascinated by Rothko’s final works on paper. For me these works are absolute perfection. They represent the...
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John Reid
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
A Silent Space
“It’s not about the image. It’s about the wonder of the space you create. As an artist one must move on from Something to look at towards...
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John Reid
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Intelligence of Art.
The realm of a painting has an interesting irony. A volley A chemistry outside our realm of logic that cancels and negates the notion of...
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John Reid
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
Notion of Self
Art…great art, is so honest because of where it comes from and on some level, we recognise this honesty and we crave it. This is a...
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John Reid
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
In the Eye of the Beholder – a diary entry.
Art’s role is to expand the conscious mind and awaken awareness so that sensation prevails over thought. One’s view on life and self...
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John Reid
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Nature of Surface
The inspiration for this blog is from an extract from the movie AT ETERNITY’S GATE by Julian Schnabel. Of course, this is a movie and as...
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John Reid
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
2 Diary Entries
Entry 1 Within the confines of the visible one can find a space, or is invited into a space, that is infinite …where the self is not...
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John Reid
- Mar 5, 2021
- 4 min
Kulama - Timothy Cook
This is a piece I wrote in 2014 on the work of Timothy Cook and yet it still holds true to how I respond to his paintings. The Dutch...
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John Reid
- Feb 27, 2021
- 2 min
The Notion of Placement
When we think of the placement of a mark such as a brushstroke, it is natural to engage thoughts of where to place and how to place. That...
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John Reid
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Honest Language- Sally Gabori
In May of 2012, after an invitation by the then CEO of Mornington Shire Council, Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, I spent...
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John Reid
- Feb 6, 2021
- 2 min
Art as a Catalyst
I believe art, and in particular painting, acts as a catalyst for the development of the human mind, whether that be for the artist...
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John Reid
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Intimate Nature of Colour and Light
When everything in a painting works and comes together then it has a life of its own. This life is more than the sum of its parts and it...
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John Reid
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
Why Colin McCahon’s final text paintings were his best
Colin McCahon understood very well the power of art as a language, a way to communicate deeply felt concerns and ...
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