The Formative Years: A Conversation with Alastair Dacey Pt. I -155

A former Ingbretson student and now Paul’s son-in-law does an interview exploring Paul’s history at the Art Student’s League and Gammell’s atelier, His idea is to attempt to flesh out keys to his thinking and approach to painting today.

In Response to Alastair

QUESTION: I just listened to your #148 and appreciated how clear and methodical you tried to be in breaking it down and illustrating. I would ask (and I think this is what I mentioned to you on the phone a few weeks ago) what skills in patience, dexterity, shape and line making and systems of assessing proportions does the painter need to acquire to effectively incorporate the system of seeing relationally you laid out in #148?