{"id":6567,"date":"2020-08-03T13:04:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2020-08-04T06:35:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T10:35:09","slug":"exploring-methods-genre-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/exploring-methods-genre-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Methods, Genre &#038; Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drawing animals and people in my early youth, I applied a method introduced by my fourth grade teacher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using chalk to make a grid pattern, we reproduced her holiday poster image, that had been drawn with corresponding chalk grid overlay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since, while working in realism, I see a grid pattern of the image in my mind, drawing within one grid square at a time, detaching mentally from what the image is in order to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped 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\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Methodically Illustrating using form, line, shadow, the realistic image comes to life upon completion, when the \u201cgrids\u201d connect to make a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I started painting, applying the same approach produced work that felt disconnected and lacked the depth of substance I hope to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6574\" width=\"333\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221-1024x790.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221-768x592.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221-389x300.jpg 389w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7221.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of exploring I realized, what I needed to achieve in painting wasn\u2019t about mimicking detail, but creating experience. Not illustrative, but immersive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6575\" width=\"329\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-1024x754.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-768x565.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-1536x1131.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-2048x1508.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC05658-copy-2-408x300.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;I stopped dissecting sections of imagery, and started focusing on the experience of being in the scene, feeling it. The work began to evolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>( View new Studio Tour video, click link here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kftJpejnjQk <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Studio Tour, and Studio Set up\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kftJpejnjQk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike applying the grid compartmentalized approach, this process requires unique awareness of what is happening on the canvas at all times, and yet, concentration on each brushstroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6577\" width=\"316\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8874.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption><em>New 30&#215;40 &#8220;Among the Wildflowers&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I focused on emotional content, how shape, colour, light play, impression of imagery could reproduce the feeling of being present in the landscape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surrendering to that, letting go of desire to \u201cmake it photo like\u201d ..&nbsp; changed everything in the work, and how I felt about the work. The art felt less about creating, more about channeling a subject&#8217;s energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8882-1006x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6579\" width=\"303\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8882-1006x1024.jpg 1006w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8882-295x300.jpg 295w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8882-768x782.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8882.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s rather like drawing a kite while it lay flat on the ground before you, or grasping the kite mid-flight, feeling it\u2019s soaring momentum and the strength of wind\u2019s power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a self taught painter, focus wasn\u2019t technique, but emotion. I imagine how feels to be in the landscape, not just what is in front of me, but what surrounds me. I feel \u2018immersed in the subject\u2019 before my brush touches the canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6580\" width=\"382\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-1024x811.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-768x609.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-1536x1217.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2-379x300.jpg 379w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8973-2.jpg 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption>2 New 11&#215;14 Oil on canvas Sunset &amp; Skies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my drawing, subjects would come to life upon completion. In painting, \u201clife\u201d is immediate from the beginning. It\u2019s energetic, raw, dynamic, vulnerable. I work on the canvas like a bee in a garden, darting, tasting, savouring, everywhere at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6585\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=6585\" class=\"wp-image-6585\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8889-1-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7811-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6582\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=6582\" class=\"wp-image-6582\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7811-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7811-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7811-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7811.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6584\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=6584\" class=\"wp-image-6584\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_8773.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing people and animals, subjects are captured in moments of stillness, in time, a moment in the story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilderness painting is pure motion. It\u2019s an ongoing event. It\u2019s cyclical, the birth of blooms, and aging forests. Wilderness is homecoming experience with the strength of humanity\u2019s bonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landscape art is beautifully universal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I observed a wide spectrum of reactions to my animal and portrait art. They either loved them, or couldn\u2019t relate at all. Some were fearful of wildlife subjects, and hunters were attracted to it. Sometimes this felt unsettling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portrait work created different divisions. The moment a person is placed in a landscape painting, the story becomes about that person with the Landscape secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6581\" width=\"306\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-1024x816.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-768x612.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-1536x1224.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-2048x1633.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03618-376x300.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Painting landscape without people allows the viewer to be present fully in the landscape, to connect with your own story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portraits may unknowingly segregate. The story isn\u2019t always understood or relatable. This also felt true for paintings of villages\/ buildings, often desired for decorative appeal, rather than as subjects of substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03586-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6586\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03586-copy.jpg 319w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC03586-copy-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Children didn\u2019t enjoy or relate to subjects of people, elders desired soothing images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were to be a career artist, working on a public scale, intention needed to be positive,&nbsp; relatable for any age, demographic, a positive immersive experience for everyone, not create fear, be symbolically obscure, or unconsciously divide and offend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life giving nourishing to body mind &amp; soul, nature has strong human ties. Nature art is non discriminating, requires no written language, and understood without a title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science suggests surrounding yourself in nature, indoors and out, delivers powerfully positive benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought about how I could create that experience for those not able to be in nature, or those who had forgotten. How could I bridge gaps not only within humanity, and include diverse demographics, but also the gap that seems to be continually widening between humanity and nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t see a need to duplicate in paint what a landscape photo does. I do see a need to create a connection to experience in a powerfully emotional way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much do we relate to nature in this time?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does humanity connect what is happening on a global scale with nature sources necessary to our individual and community survival?&nbsp;Have we forgotten these very real wilderness places not only exist, but are the substance of thriving?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturated by imagery, have we become numb to what images may represent? Photography is available at our fingertips, do pictures become just a quick swipe left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it take to capture us, hold us in positive experience,  change behaviour, improve health, wellness, a sense of connection&#8230;<strong><em>what do we savour and immerse in?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is my hope, my art offers this kind of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three new paintings will be available for purchase at the Hambleton Galleries in Kelowna BC. They will be shipped along with another new painting in progress, as soon as they are dry. Thanks again to Joshua and his team at the Hambleton!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early work here exhibited, most have been previously sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t included this spectrum of previous work before in one collection online. It&#8217;s given me time to reflect on the many genres I have explored, and feel good about this incredible journey in art. When people ask &#8221; Have you attempted&#8230; buildings, people, animals.. etc&#8221; I can happily say, Yes, I have,.. and I have found my home in wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing everyone joy &amp; wellness, thanks so much for your lovely letters, your questions and for welcoming the art into your spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing animals and people in my early youth, I applied a method introduced by my fourth grade teacher.&nbsp; Using chalk to make a grid pattern, we reproduced her holiday poster image, that had been drawn with corresponding chalk grid overlay.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/exploring-methods-genre-purpose\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6589,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions\/6589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}