{"id":54093,"date":"2015-02-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/?p=54093"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:25:10","slug":"painting-process-ashley-hanson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/12\/painting-process-ashley-hanson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Painting Process by Ashley Hanson"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ashley Hanson is a modern day master of colour. His work is inspired by the city and the sea, with exotic colours fusing with dynamic compositions.<\/h5>\n
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Ashley Hanson: ‘Fowey River I’, oil on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artist Ashley Hanson originally trained as an architect before switching to Fine Art after seeing a Peter Lanyon Exhibition in Manchester in 1978.\u00a0 He left Canterbury College of Art with a 1st class degree in 1983 and moved to London to find himself as an artist.<\/p>\n

Over a thirty year career his work has moved from figuration to pure abstraction before finding his own unique style and language which fuses together elements of both.\u00a0 He moved to Cornwall in 2005 to be closer to the coastal landscape that inspires much of his work.\u00a0 His paintings have been selected for the RA Summer Exhibition, the Discerning Eye, the National Open Art Competition, the Ludlow Open and runner up in the Hunting Art Prize.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson: ‘City of Glass 15 (Stillman-walks…)’, oil on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the past three years, Ashley has been working on his \u2018City of Glass\u2019 series, combining ideas inspired by the novel \u2018The New York Trilogy\u2019 with his own experience and memory of New York. In November 2014, Ashley was thrilled to receive a letter from the author of ‘The New York Triology’ Paul Auster who congratulated Hanson on his ‘magnificent paintings’ and went on to describe them as being ‘Strong and beautiful – and haunting’.<\/p>\n

Here Ashley speaks about the ideas, inspiration and his painting process.<\/h6>\n

\u2018The inspiration for my painting comes from a variety of sources, journeys, books, music \u2013 there is always a multitude of ideas for new work spinning round in my head which I have to write down, make them concrete before they disappear.\u00a0 In the studio I like to be surrounded with information, reference material, drawings, photos, maps, my paint-spattered copy of \u2018The New York Trilogy\u2019, but a painting is a live thing, full of possibilities; it\u2019s what you do<\/span> with the source material that counts. My work is a mixture of information and imagination and explores the dialogue and tension between image and the map-like painters\u2019 space.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson: ‘Tower Triptych (City of Glass 16, 17 & 19)’, oil on canvas, dimensions variable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I always start with colour, sometimes imagined, sometimes seen, often the leftover colour from the last painting. \u00a0Sometimes I plan ahead, if I think it\u2019s going to be a red painting, I\u2019ll start with green knowing sparks will fly and the colours pulsate somewhere down the line.\u00a0 All the time during the process, I\u2019m searching for sensation, for those magical colour combinations.<\/p>\n

Once the canvas is covered with random, expressive marks then I\u2019ll make a coffee, sit in the chair and try and make some connection with the paint on the canvas and the idea for the piece. Everything is open, ideas are fluid: exciting, unexpected things happen in the process – I think the trick is to recognize when something exciting has happened and then build on it.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson: The artist’s paint pots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The idea is introduced, the shape of a harbor or in the \u2018City of Glass\u2019 series, the avenues of Manhattan tentatively established with long vertical drips of paint. The orientation of the canvas and the scale of the elements contained within are changed frequently, multi-layers of liquid colours are applied to edit and refine, as I search for a stronger composition and design.\u00a0 Drawing is constant both from and within the painting, to bring clarity, control, structure and context.\u00a0\u00a0 The paint is brushed, knifed, smeared and cut, often peeled back to reveal the layers beneath. Gradually, the painting will assert itself, emerging from the process of ideas, action and analysis. The end comes with a sequence of correct decisions as I finally understand what the painting is about- a mixture of exhilaration and relief.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson’s copy of ‘The New York Trilogy’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The words of Anselm Kiefer seem to sum up my working process:<\/p>\n

\u2018If there is too much order, it is dead: if there is too much chaos it doesn\u2019t cohere. I\u2019m continually negotiating between these two extremes\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Freedom and control is the contradiction of painting: finding the balance is the essence of my work. I carry this philosophy through into my teaching where I am happy to share my knowledge and techniques remembering how I was inspired by my own teachers’.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson: ‘City of Glass 26 (avenues..)’, oil on canvas, 70cm x 50cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ashley has been a Visiting Lecturer at Canterbury Christchurch University and the National Academy of Art, Bergen, Norway and for the last 5 years has run a number of courses and painting holidays in Cornwall under the banner of \u2018Freedom in Painting\u2019, where participants are encouraged to find their own personal interpretation of the landscape. This year there are 2 painting holidays in May and September. Artists will get the opportunity to make work at 4 stunning locations on the north and south coast, followed by 2 full days in the studio. Prices start from \u00a3430 and include 5 nights accommodation, all lunches and a celebratory evening meal on the last night. There is also a \u00a330 discount if you book by 28th<\/sup> February. For those more independent artists, in April and October there are 2, 5 day courses in Porthleven . Artists work in the Life Boat Art Studio, on the edge of the harbor, leading up to a one day exhibition on the Saturday with a Private View on the Friday evening. The cost for this course is \u00a3350.<\/p>\n

Ashley is Gallery Artist at Modern Artists Gallery, Reading\u00a0http:\/\/www.modernartistsgallery.com\/artistdetails\/255_AshleyHanson.php<\/a><\/p>\n

To find out more about Ashley\u2019s art practice, courses and painting holidays visit www.ashleyhanson.co.uk<\/a> and http:\/\/ashleyhansonart.blogspot.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ashley Hanson: The Artist’s Painting Table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portrait of Ashley Hanson by Dennis Morgan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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