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Art in Healthcare: Trevor Jones

August 4th 2010 12:19

Link: trevorjonesart.com

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Trevor Jones

I graduated two years ago as a mature student from the Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art MA Fine Art programme. I am an abstract painter and I also teach figurative drawing and painting at a small, private art school. I also work for a national charity called Art in Healthcare, which lends artwork to all types of healthcare facilities throughout Scotland such as hospitals, care homes, hospices, GP offices and dental surgeries.

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

Be sure to visit Trevor's website to see more.

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