John Dyer Quotes

• While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest.

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• The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

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• The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea.

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• The majority of my work is from life. I spend most fine days from May to October painting outside.

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• The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one.

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• St. Michaels Mount is a favourite place of mine; people will walk across to the Mount all day and assume they will be able to walk home. The spectacle of hundreds of people realising that the path they walked over on is disappearing under several feet of water is very amusing.

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• Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire.

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• On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France.

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• My optimism for life carried through my work.

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• My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.

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• My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up surrounded by paintings, paints, easels and art books does have an effect.

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• It’s a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else’s tragedy.

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• In some parts of the world there is very little tidal movement.

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• I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

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• I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love.

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• I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats.

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• I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work.

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• I use a wide selection of colours. It is impossible to produce work like mine using only the primary colours as they only mix a certain range of colour.

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• I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

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• I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.

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Birth:	1968
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Painter

About

John Dyer was born in Ruishton, Somerset, England. He is an English painter, focusing on colourful landscapes, architecture, gardens and notable events, especially in Cornwall. He studied at Cubert County Primary School and Newquay Tretherras School. He completed his BA Hons Graphic Design studies at Middlesex Polytechnic in London. His first published work aged 12 was landscape photography in Amateur Photography magazine. As a painter of celebrations and events, John Dyer also painted the armada of ships celebrating the safe arrival of Ellen MacArthur to Falmouth in 2005 after her non-stop single-handed round the world sailing trip of 27,000 miles.

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