{"id":2790,"date":"2014-03-03T22:10:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2014-03-05T11:05:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T01:05:13","slug":"artchat-blog-47-dan-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2790","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat [Blog Interview  #46] \u2013  Dan Mason"},"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=2790\" 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><a title=\"Dan Mason\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DanMason2014.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>DAN MASON<\/b> <\/a>will be exhibiting with emerging Melbourne artist <a title=\"Echo Chai\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/EchoChai2014.html\" target=\"_blank\">Echo Chai <\/a>at <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a> in Brisbane, Friday 7 -24 March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Striking colours and urban scenes bring together the harmonious balance of the works by Chai &amp; Mason.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2798\" alt=\"Dan Mason\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason01.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason01.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason01-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><b>Dan Mason<\/b> is an emerging Australian artist on the rise. He has a Visual Arts major from <a title=\"Griffith University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Griffith University <\/a>where he studied a Bachelor of Arts degree. He has been selected as a finalist in several regional and national art prizes, including The <a title=\"Churchie Emerging Art Award\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchieemergingart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Churchie Emerging Art Award <\/a>and <a title=\"The Cancer Council of Victoria's Art Prize \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cancervic.org.au\/artsawards\" target=\"_blank\">The Cancer Council of Victoria&#8217;s Art Prize <\/a>and national tour.<\/p>\n<p>His abstracted mixed media approach allows him the freedoms to explore differing surface tensions and interactions, even when painting perceivably realistic subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Dan&#8217;s work utilizes dramatic, free-flowing brushstrokes; paint pours, swirls, plays with differing levels of <a title=\"opacity\" href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/opacity\" target=\"_blank\">opacity<\/a> and often finds greater resolution by scraping paint away from the surface than applying it.<\/p>\n<p>Luscious oils are interjected by the movement of spray paint, while acrylics and enamels repel and simultaneously find a harmonious balance within each others presence.<\/p>\n<p>Mason&#8217;s work captures the kind of movement and energy that is best appreciated in the flesh.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2800\" alt=\"Dan Mason\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason3.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason3.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason3-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>For <a title=\"Red Hill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/artists.html\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill <\/a>Gallery Director <a title=\"Margaret Campbell-Ryder\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/dir\/Margaret\/Campbell-Ryder\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Campbell-Ryder<\/a>, the collaboration of Chai and Mason in this exhibition has surpassed all expectations.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Campbell-Ryder says \u2018Mason\u2019s textured paintings embrace his interpretation of our natural environment and simply leap off the canvas.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Artist Statement<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It is my intention, through painting, to share the joys of our existence, to capture the layers and complexities that we face as humans and as custodians of our magnificent planet. <\/i><i>I work on several canvases over a period of time &#8211; the work is initially intuitive, making a mark, moving to the next, revisiting and responding to their individual energies &#8211; essentially allowing them to grow organically, they let me know when they\u2019re resolved with a vibration that I can only compare to looking into the eyes of a loved one. <\/i><i>My work is influenced by the ocean and our natural world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><i>Being a lifetime surfer coupled with the experiences of spending months at sea as a child on-board the ships that my father worked on have shaped my love and appreciation of open spaces and our natural environment. <\/i><i>I refrain from a realistic approach and still let the bold gestural movement of the brush or palette knife tell the story<\/i>.&#8221;\u00a0 <b><i>Dan Mason 2014<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2799\" alt=\"Dan Mason\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason02.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason02.png 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DanMason02-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/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=2790\" 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>ShareDAN MASON will be exhibiting with emerging Melbourne artist Echo Chai at Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane, Friday 7 -24 March 2014. 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