Alan Todd Visual Artist logo
  • Home
  • About
  • Insight
  • Chronicle
  • Blog / Articles
  • Shop
    • Painting
    • Sculptures
    • Drawings
    • Prints
  • Contact

PERCEPTION, MISPERCEPTION AND PERCEPTUAL BLINDNESS

by Alan Todd | Jan 30, 2024 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting

I grew up believing that art was based on perception and vividly recall paintings by a local artist of whipped lines synthesising what he had seen of tall grass. The multiple layers of lines created a forest that filled the canvas.  I also recall sitting in the roof...

THE COLOUR OF SUCCESS AND THE PRISMATIC QUANDARY

by Alan Todd | Apr 8, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting

Recently, an artist friend of mine chose to give me some sage advice – “if you want to sell your paintings then you need more colour”. My reply was that the paintings weren’t about colour but about ideas. He couldn’t see the distinction and nothing I could say was...

Recent Posts

  • WHAT IS ART AND IS IT EVEN A QUESTION WORTH ASKING? November 20, 2025
  • THE END OF CIVILISATION October 31, 2025
  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AVANT GARDE October 20, 2025
  • THE TINY BRUSH SYNDROME September 7, 2025
  • BEAUTY OR THE LACKING OF IT September 4, 2025

Categories

  • Art
  • Artist
  • Artwork
  • digital art
  • Opinion
  • Painting
  • Review
  • Sculpture
  • video

Tags

abstraction alantoddvisualartist Art art criticism art history artist artists Artwork censorship Concept contemporary art copyright Creativity critical thinking cultural transmission culture curated shows defence of culture definition de Kooning Derrida drawing Duchamp exhibition film as narrative independent artists influence of art inspiration Koons legacy making a living modern art observation opinion originality Painting Picasso Plato Pollock Proust public funding Sculpture society the art market van Gogh

alantoddartist@gmail.com

alantoddvisualartist@FB

alantoddvisualartist@Instagram

Vanilla Sky Studio

Craigburn Farm. South Australia
+61409541621
Send Message
Alan Todd logo
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

SiteLock

WEBSITE PROTECTED BY SITELOCK