STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
STUDIO education resource - Museums & Galleries NSW
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WILLIAM ROBINSON<br />
WILLIAM ROBINSON<br />
BRISBANE, QLD<br />
William Robinson’s studio is on the ground floor of his house in a Brisbane<br />
beachside suburb. Here he works to a strict daily routine and, unlike artist<br />
John Wolseley, Robinson relishes the structure and organisation of his<br />
studio practice which includes daily walks and playing the piano.<br />
When Robinson was a young man he trained to be a concert pianist. Music<br />
is still very much part of his daily life. As he says ‘I rarely - in fact never - paint<br />
without music. Some artists need absolute silence, but I need to create a<br />
situation where I find the painting rather than impose myself upon it. I need<br />
to be in a state where total consciousness is suspended…but in order to<br />
feel that, I must go into some sort of a state that only music can provide.’<br />
Robinson has lived in or near Brisbane for most of his life. Despite this,<br />
most of his inspiration comes from the rainforest near Springbrook which<br />
is about 100 km south of Brisbane. He and his wife Shirley have a small<br />
house in the rainforest that they regularly visit. His painting Nerang River<br />
Pool 2004 with its vaulted perspective captures the whole experience of the<br />
landscape.<br />
Born in 1936, Robinson claims that it has taken many years of walking in the<br />
rainforest, making notes and sketches, to find his singular, visual language.<br />
Why are there pastels<br />
in the studio photograph.<br />
Does Robinson use them<br />
for preliminary studies? The<br />
painters in this <strong>resource</strong> use a<br />
variety of materials including<br />
glitter, pastels, house paint<br />
and oil paints. Compare the<br />
different materials used.<br />
Make up an adventure story<br />
based on the painting Nerang<br />
River Pool 2004.<br />
How does Robinson<br />
work and where do his ideas<br />
come from? Are there any<br />
clues in the studio?<br />
How many of the <strong>STUDIO</strong><br />
artists are using materials to<br />
create works of art while their<br />
photograph is being taken?<br />
Explore the adventure of Robinson’s work:<br />
www.visualarts.qld.gov.au/content/robinson_standard.asp?name=Robinson_Hide_Seek<br />
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