{"id":2383,"date":"2013-09-19T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2013-10-09T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T04:11:46","slug":"spring-awakening-stephen-doyle-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat [Blog Interview #35] \u2013 Stephen Doyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2383\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>Self-defined as a tonal painter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/StephenDoyle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Doyle <\/a>has been painting for some 20 years. His subject matter spans quite a broad scope including interiors and still life. In fact he candidly admits that he is propelled by his desire to paint the \u201cperfect painting\u201d. Stephen was invited to become a member of the esteemed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twentymelbournepainterssociety.com.au\/ in 2010.\" target=\"_blank\">Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc\u00a0 <\/a>in 2010.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2427\" alt=\"Stephen Doyle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD01.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD01-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><strong>AC: Describe your art in a sentence.<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: \u00a0An objective look at the play of light on surfaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Who or what inspired you to become an artist?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: \u00a0\u00a0I saw a small exhibition consisting of still life paintings in a local bank and fell in love with the way they were painted.\u00a0 Having never seen this tonalist style before, this gave me a longing to paint just like that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0 Why do you paint the scenes you do?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: Anything can be paintable depending on the light.\u00a0 Whether it be the beautiful greys and reds of a back alley street in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbourne.vic.gov.au\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne<\/a>, to the subtle shadows of skin tones in a portrait to the brilliant colours of flowers in light.\u00a0 It is the quality of light that inspires me to paint the scenes that I do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What music do you listen to while painting?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: I don&#8217;t listen to music whilst painting; I listen to talkback radio, together with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/HermanPekel.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Herman Pekel<\/a> (the artist in the adjoining studio)!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Tell our readers something about yourself that may surprise them?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: I live next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melbourneracingclub.net.au\/the-races\/caulfield\" target=\"_blank\">Caulfield Racecourse<\/a> and horses have always been a passion of mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What is your favourite thing about Spring?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD: Living in Melbourne, we enjoy all four seasons in one day.\u00a0 If I&#8217;m not freezing or sweltering, it must be Spring!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What is your favourite quote or saying?<\/strong><br \/>\nSD\u201d &#8220;It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop&#8221;,<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confucius\" target=\"_blank\"> Confucius<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2428\" alt=\"SD02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD02.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SD02-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Exhibiting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>, Brisbane, September 2013<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">www.redhillgallery.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2383\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareSelf-defined as a tonal painter Stephen Doyle has been painting for some 20 years. 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