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3.0 Influences

1/6/2015

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“If I have seen further (than certain other men) it is 
by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Speaking of his dependency on Galileo’s and Kepler’s previous work in physics and astronomy.

     As a former high school science and math teacher, I developed an appreciation for the creative aspects of those specific fields.  Since no one operates in a vacuum, it is only logical to see that the great insights and developments that occurred in science and math were directly dependent on what came before.  James Burke’s two landmark television series Connections (1978) and The Day the Universe Changed (1985) brilliantly showed how these webs of interconnected events led to innovations in science, technology, and ultimately in the way we see our world. 

     Similarly, in the development of my own personal style of painted art, I have depended on many of the “giants of the past” as sources of inspiration (however humble my own paintings have been).  These giants are many and varied, but all have indirectly played a major role in my education.  For each of my pieces, I have tried to document all sources and cite all those artists of the past and/or present who have inspired me to paint.  What follows is a brief visual listing of those artists, craftsmen, and designers who have influenced my art, in one way or another, for the past forty years.

3.1 Traditional Northwest Coast Indian Art
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Tsimshian House Front
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Tsimshian Interior Screen
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Capt. Carpenter Chest
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Tsimshian House Front
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Nuu chah nulth Dance Screen
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bentwood box
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Kwakwaka'wakw House Front
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Tlingit Raven Screens
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bentwood bowl
3.2 Contemporary Northwest Coast Indian Artists
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Bill Reid
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Tony Hunt
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Roy Vickers
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Susan Point
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Lyle Wilson
3.3 Celtic Art & the Celtic Revival
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Stenness Standing Stones
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Aberlemno Stone Cross
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Book of Kells, Chi Rho page
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Mary Seton Watts Watts Chapel Interior Painting
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Hilton of Cadboll Stone
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St. Martin's Cross, Iona
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George Bain
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Mary Seton Watts Watts Chapel Exterior Tile
3.4 Japanese Art & Design
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Hokusai
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Kiyoshi Saito
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Keisuke Serizawa
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Hiroshige
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Kenkichi Tomimoto
3.5 British Arts & Crafts Designers
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M.H. Baillie Scott
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C.F.A. Voysey
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
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Archibald Knox
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Archibald Knox
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M.H. Baillie Scott
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C.F.A. Voysey
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
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Archibald Knox
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Archibald Knox
3.6 Other Influences
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Elizabeth Colborne
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Frederick Hurten Rhead
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Frederick Hurten Rhead
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    Gary Giovane

    Gary Giovane has been studying art since the ‘70s. A graduate of Penn State University (B.S.) & Memphis State (M.A.T.), Gary has been an archeologist, a cook, and a high school science & math teacher.  Gary worked on the Fishtown, Ozette, & Indian Island archeological projects before teaching for 23 years in Neah Bay and for 7 years in La Conner.  He currently lives and works in La Conner, along with his wife, Leigh.

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