The Formative Years: A Conversation with Alastair Dacey Pt. II -156

This is the second part of an interview by a former Ingbretson student and professional painter and teacher in his own right. It covers the several Gammell years when ‘academic’ thinking began to be incorporated into his base and he was introduced to the Boston School.

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?

Alastair