Our obsession with a narrative
As humans, we have a natural fixation on storytelling. We take in information more readily when it is presented to us in the form of a...
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Gillian Hancey
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
Changing perception
We have a tendency to look for something familiar in the unknown; patterns we recognise. For example, when presented with a piece of...
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Gillian Hancey
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Why is art valuable?
The money that is paid for artwork can be eye-watering (and often controversial). But what is it about art that makes it valuable? In his...
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Gillian Hancey
- Sep 28, 2022
- 5 min
The importance of the title
When I first started selling my work, I realised I needed to give it a title. To be honest, I didn’t really like this idea as it felt too...
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Gillian Hancey
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
Working with mistakes
Through education, we are generally conditioned into thinking that mistakes are bad and that we should avoid them. The less mistakes we...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
Our perception of imagination
Imagination is an essential part of what makes us human. It is part of the package that gave us the intelligence that set us apart from...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
How different art forms relate
This is as far as my understanding has taken me...it seems too simplistic but it's intended only to get my head around the basic...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 20, 2022
- 1 min
About this blog
Art is a confusing world. For starters, it seems to be simultaneously associated with the poor and the rich. On one hand, owning artwork...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 19, 2022
- 3 min
Is the longevity of art important?
We are living in a time when we worry about things having too much longevity, yet we generally don't apply this way of thinking to works...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
5 reasons to copy something
Almost every art class I’ve ever been in has involved the task of copying something (and ideally some techniques to help us with the...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jul 2, 2022
- 2 min
Beyond descriptive capture
What would you find more interesting, a journal that is just a descriptive account of what a person did everyday or one where you really...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
Our tendancy to organise
Painters notoriously like to get some colour on a blank canvas as quickly as possible because starting with a clean, white space is very...
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Gillian Hancey
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
Can art stand alone?
Let’s talk about circus performers. There’s no doubt about it; they provide excellent entertainment for all ages and we don’t sit there...
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