Whats Hot on the Walls this month? Dan Mason!
Contemporary artist Dan Mason’s work is electric and diverse let’s have a quick look at the man behind his art.
"Hot Jazz" "Happy Days" "Dancing with Django" DAN MASON
AC: What inspires you to create?
DM: An insatiable need to bring something to life, that is worthy of the gift of consciousness.
AC: In three words describe your art
DM: Energy on canvas
AC: How do you spend your leisure time?
DM: Building Lego with my five year old boy, Surfing, walking/running through Burleigh Heads national park, playing guitar.
AC: Who is your role model or person you most admire?
DM: Educators and Healthcare workers.
AC: Share something with us about yourself that we don’t know
DM: I can juggle a football on my feet for hundreds of reps without it touching the ground 😎
AC: What music do you listen to while you create?
DM: Currently have these on high rotation; Cold Chisel -‘Swingshift’ 1981. Foofighters – ‘Wasting Light’ 2011. The Rolling Stones – ‘Exile On Main Street’ 1972.
AC: What was the last book you enjoyed?
DM: ‘I Am Ozzy’ by Ozzy Osbourne
AC: What does your art mean to you?
DM: Expressing oneself is imperative for human growth – my art is my ‘soul food’.
“I work on several canvases over a period of time – making a mark, moving to the next, revisiting and responding to their individual energies – essentially allowing them to grow organically, they let me know when they’re resolved with a vibration that I can only compare to looking into the eyes of a loved one.
I work with oils, acrylics, enamels, spray paint and pastels. Through countless hours of process experimentation and technique development, I have learned a great deal about mixed media interactions, so that I know how to break conventional rules properly.
Abstract expressionism is a term that often attaches itself to my work, however I like to think that it’s simply energy on canvas.”
Dan Mason 2011
