The Golden Thread with Adrian Wiszniewski: 23rd to 24th May, 2015
The amazing Adrian Wiszniewski comes to The Essential School of Painting.
Course fees £190
Adrian Wiszniewski and The Essential School of Painting,
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Adrian Wiszniewski shows us how we can access the resources of our imagination through guided exercises, giving us imagery and ideas for our artwork.
COURSE OUTLINE:
First Anachronism of the day by Adrian Wiszniewski 2011
This class suitable for all levels but some experience of drawing and painting would be helpful.
During the course, Adrian Wiszniewski shows us how we can access the resources of our imagination through guided exercises, giving us imagery and ideas for our artwork.
On the first day Adrian will do a short presentation on his work and how he begins his painting. We will then focus on drawing and painting using guided exercises. On the second day we move onto realising our ideas in Oils and or Acrylic.
ABOUT ADRIAN:
Glasgow born Adrian Wiszniewski is a multi-faceted artist who has worked in different fields from Painting to Music. A Glasgow School of Art graduate, Adrian is one of the founding members of the New Glasgow Boys a generation of painters whose success in figurative painting helped ignite the revival of figurative art in Scotland at a time when American abstraction, Pop and Conceptual art dominated western art. Below Adrian discussing his work with Art in Healthcare (an organisation we support)
From the beginning Adrian engaged with the art world in various creative pursuits as a painter, draughtsman, and printer. He has over the years produced Writings, Illustrations, Furniture, Interior Design, actively participated and produced multi-media installations and Music. In 1984 he held his first solo show in Glasgow and London and today his work can be found in numerous prestige collections including the Tate.
Boy from Carcassonne by Adrian Wiszniewski 2012
"In Greek mythology there is a story where Ariadne gives Theseus a ball of Golden Thread to aid his quest in vanquishing the Minotaur that lurks in the heart of the labyrinth. Theseus unfurls this ball as he sets off on his journey and, after slaying the Minotaur, follows the Golden Thread, rethreading the path of his journey. The Golden Thread has established a route between one world and another. It is a mechanism by which one journeys into the world of the sub-conscious and returns replenished by hidden truths.
In his interpretation of dreams, Sigmund Freud sees fishing as a symbolic act of that primeval need for linking our conscious existence to the world that lies beneath. Drawing is the art of tugging gently on that line. Letting it sway from side to side. Feeling something. Drawing it in. Hoping to net a big fish." Adrian Wiszniewski