Blackall, Ted
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Ted Blackall's abstract paintings discover and reveal a hidden visual code inherent throughout his subjects. The artist's play upon light, shade and temperature reveals a basic visual formula which allows us to feel time and place. The viewer becomes engaged with the visual and can almost sense the sound of the artist's strokes, as if listening to music. The precise, albeit broad abstract code triggers the sensation of one's space. Blackwell's paintings have an obvious literal reference to his subjects allowing the viewer to engage in a pictorial experience. Ted Blackall’s formal training began at the RMIT Painting School. His mentors included William Frater, Harold Freedman and Murray Griffin. During his postgraduate studies Blackall trained with Fred Bates, William Grunstein and Joshua Smith at the New York Artists League. Blackall also tutored at the Julian Ashton School, Sturt University Summer School. Blackall has held numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally including the Royal Arts Society, Holdsworth Gallery, and Bridge Street Gallery,He has been commissioned and collected by the International Olympic Committee, Moet Chandon, Kaiser Stuhl, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Westpac Bank, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Bond Corporation, Kumagai Australia, Manafest Capital, and the Northern Territory Tourist Commission.
Artist Statement:
My paintings depict people in their worlds. They are an attempt to portray the interior life of my subjects by showing them in their everyday surroundings at a precise moment in time. Often their exterior situation reveals more about the interior life of my subjects than their face, figure or attire. My painting style is purposely gestural, and fast so that the objects and subjects are not individually dwelt on but the specific high moment appears to have been captured all at once before it dissolves into the next moment.
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