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Media - Mixed Media
Email - [email protected]
Website - [email protected]
Originally from Canada, I set out in 1996 with a backpack and an appetite for adventure.
Three years and four continents later I found myself in Scotland, fell in love with it, and
decided to stay.
In 2008 I graduated with distinction from Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art
with an MA (Hons) Fine Art in Drawing and Painting. I now manage my time between painting, my
work for the charity Art in Healthcare, and teaching at Leith School of Art
Statement
"Listening to music can invoke a sensual response comparable, in many accounts, to the
pleasure of gazing at different colours. A real, if obscure, connection is sometimes suggested
between the disparate senses of sight and hearing, which are consequently presumed to operate
in similar ways. While there are some indications from neurological research that the senses
are not quite as separate and distinct as previously thought, there is little evidence as yet
as to how they may overlap for the majority of people."
Niels Hutchison, Demystifying De Maistre, 2008
The paintings for my forthcoming exhibition have been inspired and informed by songs by
contemporary Scottish bands and singers. There is a long history of both scientists and
artists attempting to establish links between music and colour; however, while no meaningful
relationship still has yet to be measured it hasn't hindered the creation of artworks that are
stimulating, insightful, challenging or simply beautiful and engaging. My current paintings
are not an attempt to 'make right' where the others before me 'went wrong' and they are not a
scientific experiment to further investigate this elusive parallel. These paintings are, in a
sense, a tribute to those past artists who, like me, were inspired by the phenomenon of colour
and its transcendental and ineffable connection with music. I hope you enjoy the exhibition.
"Colour is a power which directly influences the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes
are the hammer, the soul is the strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key
or another, to cause vibrations in the soul"
Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1911
Trevor Jones paints with a remarkable awareness and sincerity, creating artworks emphatic and
revealing. Layers of thought are built up with paint and mixed with various other media as he
responds intuitively to the world around him. Working in a unique, free flowing manner while
incorporating rhythms and patterns, text and textures, the paintings evolve until the essence
of the subject matter contemplated reveals itself. Both challenging and rewarding, each piece
is approached individually yet a powerful coherency threads its way through his very
distinctive style.
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