{"id":4163,"date":"2019-08-28T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T10:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2020-04-06T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T02:57:59","slug":"talking-in-whispers-in-pursuit-of-mastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4163","title":{"rendered":"talking in whispers in pursuit of mastery"},"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=4163\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/rw-allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rich Allen<\/a> describes himself as \u201ca London Brit by birth, and an Australian by choice!\u201d He studied painting and drawing for five years, and is a graduate from the Central [now Central St Martins School of Art], in London.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1199\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-02.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-02-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-02-768x237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-02-1024x316.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Migrating to Brisbane in 1982, Rich practiced as a graphic designer, and corporate identity specialist [a service he defines as one of \u201cdifferentiation by design\u201d]. Following a great deal\u00a0<\/span>of soul searchin<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4168 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-022.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-022-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>g, fuelled by a desire for personal re-invention, he returned to his fine art on a full time basis in late 2009.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with the single-minded theme of INTIMISM [capturing quiet\/fleeting moments], and driven by process, Rich\u2019s approach is organized and measured, with all his time recorded. He recently accrued 17500 hours, and has calculated and charted the various dates during which he believes \u201cbrief spells of progress\u201d have been achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4164 alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-Image.jpg 2227w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-Image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-Image-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-Image-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since August 2018, Rich has been refining and delivering a presentation, with an accompanying display of pictures and related supporting material. It is titled: \u201c<\/span><b>talking in whispers in pursuit of<\/b> <b>mastery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highlight, has been a five week exercise located in the auditorium of the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. This work has been carried out as a contributor to the AIA\u2019s Continuin<\/span>g Professional Development programme, and is currently being provided on a continuing basis, with Rich visiting architecture practices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4167 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-03.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RWA-20119-03-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, and with the aid of his \u201cPopUp\u201d display, Rich is presenting to groups within other professional services and the tertiary education sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich\u2019s presentation, which is divided into a number of segments he has titled: \u201c<\/span><b>nine\u00a0<\/b><b>bites<\/b>\u201d, verbalizes and visualizes his journey from the outset. He states: I believe that mywork is simply about a disciplined pursuit towards some sort of mastery. Embracing and enjoying plateaus of pure practice are paramount to the process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lPpU1G8Rivk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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=4163\" 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>ShareRich Allen describes himself as \u201ca London Brit by birth, and an Australian by choice!\u201d He studied painting and drawing for five years, and is a graduate from the Central [now Central St Martins School of Art], in London.\u00a0 Migrating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=4163\">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":[63,19,202,201,223,13,6,225,144,364],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163"}],"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=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4226,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}