{"id":3543,"date":"2015-08-13T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3543"},"modified":"2015-08-13T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T01:08:22","slug":"artchat-blog-interview-73-david-hinchliffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3543","title":{"rendered":"Artchat [Blog Interview #73] \u2013 David Hinchliffe"},"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=3543\" 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>Artchat recently got the chance to catch up with local Artist<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DavidHinchliffe2.html\" target=\"_blank\"> David Hinchliffe <\/a>on his return from overseas, before his upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DavidHinchliffe2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>, Brisbane to ask him a few questions about his recent trips, stunning artwork and love of home town Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3547 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-1.png\" alt=\"David Hinchliffe Exhibition\" width=\"680\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-1.png 680w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-1-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0What was the best moment of your recent trip to France?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0Paris is such an extraordinary city; it\u2019s hard to think of one single \u2018best\u2019 moment. One of the highlights was discovering a 5 storey building on <a href=\"http:\/\/(http:\/\/59rivoli-eng.org\/history.html)\" target=\"_blank\">Rue de Rivoli <\/a>which had been \u2018colonised\u2019 by young artists. They are groups of artists who have set up on each floor decorating with crazy designs, creating their art, and selling their art.\u00a0 It was like stepping back in time to the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century and the Fin de Siecle when so many artists from around Europe gravitated to places like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aparisguide.com\/montmartre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montmartre<\/a> and the Left Bank, to set up little colonies of artists who supported each other and drew inspiration from one another. \u00a0There were also amusing times when for example, I set up my little easel on a rubbish bin to paint the historic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.odette-paris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Odette Caf\u00e9<\/a>. I noticed someone coming closer and closer and assumed they were wanting to get a better look, until they finally tapped me on the shoulder and politely asked if they could put their rubbish in the bin I was using.\u00a0 Another time when I was painting outside the equally historic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesdeuxmagots.fr\/en\/ambiances.php#\/histoire.php\" target=\"_blank\">Caf\u00e9 Les Deux Magots<\/a>, one of the patrons came over and provided me with one of their splendid espressos, such a civilised thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0How does light influence the colour and compositions of your paintings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0Light is everything to my work. My very first full-time job was as a newspaper photographer and it was there I came to appreciate the dramatic impact of light, particularly backlight.\u00a0 It changes the mood of the subject and therefore of the painting. I realised when I came back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> from my first overseas trip that light in this country was extraordinarily different from light in other countries.\u00a0 Painting has heightened my powers of observation;\u00a0it teaches me to observe closely. Light is a major influence on my work, I often think that if I\u2019ve captured the light right, <em>then<\/em> I\u2019ve done my job as an artist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0Who inspires and influences your artistic technique? Or is it something you have created yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0Interestingly the artists who inspire me are not ones who influence my technique.\u00a0 The living Australian artist I most admire and who inspires me would have to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benquilty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Quilty<\/a>, whose work is so powerful and saturated with expression, however my work is so different from his.\u00a0 I always admired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/arts\/photos-e6frg8n6-1226477986241?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Smart<\/a> who died recently.\u00a0 Smart trained us to look at the urban environment around us and see beauty in unexpected places \u2013 the airport tarmac, a construction site, a 60\u2019s high rise. Places you would never have expected inspiring an artist to paint. My technique has evolved quite independently of the artists I admire.\u00a0 I aim to capture the atmosphere and hopefully the \u2018feeling\u2019 of a place. In that respect, my work probably owes something to the ground-breaking movement of the Impressionists. They wanted to create an impression. I want to create a mood or an atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3548 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-2.png\" alt=\"David Hinchliffe Winter Sunset, Winter Glory Manhattan\" width=\"595\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-2.png 419w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0Do you have a favourite artwork from your recent show in <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> at the Michael Ingbar Gallery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m the only person I know who visits New York hoping to get at least a few days of rain.\u00a0 I love New York in the rain \u2013 all those umbrellas, all those people rushing around looking for taxis or shelter, the brilliant reflection on the watery pavement of those tall buildings and bright lights.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s the stuff that inspires me about New York and what I try to capture in my paintings.\u00a0 My favourite painting from that exhibition would have to be the painting I did looking down on people rushing around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timessquarenyc.org\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Times Square<\/a>\u00a0under their umbrellas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0On your recent trip overseas, did you discover another you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0This is my first overseas trip since turning 60 in April, so now I\u2019m a fully fledged \u2018senior\u2019, although I have to admit apart from my occasionally pathetic knees, I don\u2019t really feel different from the way I felt as a 30 year old.\u00a0 I guess painting is a sort of exercise in self-analysis and self-discovery.\u00a0 I spent a lot more time this trip painting in the open air, particularly in busy <a href=\"http:\/\/en.parisinfo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paris<\/a>. Painting with people milling around and making comments and generally looking over your shoulder is a bit of a test of who you are as a person and as an artist.\u00a0 There were days when I welcomed the attention and then there were times when I really wished they\u2019d just politely disappear.\u00a0 I guess every artist is entitled to their moods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/paris\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Paris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbrisbane.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane<\/a>, New York, what inspires you to paint these cities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0It sounds a bit flowery, but these are all cities I love.\u00a0 I\u2019m 100% urban.\u00a0 I love inner city environments.\u00a0 I think that\u2019s partly what drew me to my previous career as the Councillor for the inner city of Brisbane. I love understanding what makes cities tick.\u00a0 I enjoy the buzz of the city, the energy of the people who inhabit it, the play of light between the buildings, the narrow laneways, the shadows pedestrians cast on the footpath.\u00a0 There\u2019s so much vitality and movement in these amazing cities.\u00a0 Of course each city is different and I hope that as I grow as a painter, I\u2019ll be able to capture that distinctive essence of each city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-4.png\" alt=\"David Hinchliffe The View From Margaret Olleys Gallery\" width=\"644\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-4.png 538w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-4-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0Tell us about your new acting career! We believe you made an appearance in the 50<sup>th<\/sup> episode for Doc Martin. What was it like and how did this happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.docmartinfan.com\/character-bios\/bert-large\" target=\"_blank\">Ian McNeice<\/a> is a well-known actor who has played many roles in Hollywood, British films and TV series, but is perhaps most famous for his role as Bert Large in the incredibly popular Doc Martin program.\u00a0 The Hinchliffe and McNeice families have become good friends over the last few years.\u00a0 We\u2019ve spent some wonderful times in London, Canterbury,\u00a0Prague and Brisbane. This time while in the UK Ian and his partner Cindy extended an invitation to Port Isaac in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcornwall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cornwall<\/a> where they film<a href=\"http:\/\/www.docmartinfan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Doc Martin<\/a>.\u00a0 I went there to paint and ended up as an extra on the set.\u00a0 The cast, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docmartinfan.com\/character-bios\/doc-martin\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Clunes<\/a>\u00a0who plays the Doc, could not have been more welcoming \u2013 and patient.\u00a0 As far as an \u201cacting career\u201d goes, I\u2019m not expecting Hollywood to call any time soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0You\u2019ve come to know another artist by the name of David Hinchliffe who lives in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitsomerset.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Somerset<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitengland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you meet and what is his work like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DH:\u00a0\u00a0The internet is an extraordinary place. When I first set up my website, I noticed there was some confusion among people about which \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/davidhinchliffe.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Hinchliffe Artist<\/a>\u201d\u00a0they were actually contacting.\u00a0 There was one in Perth, whom I\u2019ve not had anything to do with and then one in Somerset in the UK.\u00a0 I really liked his work and I couldn\u2019t help thinking our styles were quite similar.\u00a0 We\u2019re both figurative artists, painting the world in which we inhabit.\u00a0 We\u2019re both now in our 60s and it turns out we do have a common ancestor, although you have to go back more than 300 years to find him.\u00a0 I\u2019ve visited David\u2019s home and studio on several occasions in the last few years and got to know both David and his wife Patsy.\u00a0 They are wonderful people and David is a great artist.\u00a0 We\u2019ve painted together in his studio &#8211; the two David Hinchliffes, side by side \u2013 and I think we\u2019ve learnt a bit from each other.\u00a0 This last time I visited I brought one of his paintings back home with me and it now has pride of place next to my other favourite paintings which my father did when he was just a young man. \u00a0Patsy and the \u2018other\u2019 David Hinchliffe (whom I call David Hinchliffe the Elder as he\u2019s a couple of years older) have become firm and enduring friends. I hope one day we can have an exhibition of \u201cThe Two David Hinchliffes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhinchliffeartist.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Hinchliffe&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0work is currently on exhibition at Red Hill Gallery, 61 Musgrave Road Red Hill, Brisbane until 23 August 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3549 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-3.png\" alt=\"David Hinchliffe Exhibition \" width=\"820\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-3.png 820w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Set-3-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=3543\" 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>ShareArtchat recently got the chance to catch up with local Artist David Hinchliffe on his return from overseas, before his upcoming exhibition at Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane to ask him a few questions about his recent trips, stunning artwork and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3543\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,4,171,262,63,19,283,226,8,285,7,159,37,20,202,30,253,18,223,13,6,225,144,282,1],"tags":[290,121,61,9,152,14,123,15,306,295,122,120,293,65,292,160,296,322,66,124,16,64,297,67,294,299,10,312],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3543"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3553,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3543\/revisions\/3553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}