Roy Good Parallel Universe – Book Launch 2019

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Richard Adams 2019

 

I like my painting to have a certain amount of spontaneity to it. This helps me in feeling that I am the guide of the brush rather than the master. My career as a Jazz musician over the years has enabled me to travel extensively which consequently informs my inspiration for my paintings .The building of musical textures which are reflected in my approach to Jazz music primarily revolves around improvisation and this is equally reflected in my approach to the way I plan my paintings. Weathered paint on a boat in Dubai or an ancient wall in France a rusty bus shelter in Days Bay Wellington or the straight lines of the horizon on the South Canterbury coast may emerge in my paintings. These can be simultaneously landscape and surface as I manipulate the use of colour and light to create the illusionist depth that inspires my work.