Don Mason
Painting
Don paints bold, sometimes haunting British landscapes suffused with the ideas of fleeting memory: past, present and those yet to come. He works with oils or mixed media and uses a variety of tools for mark making.
Don has drawn and painted since childhood, and often paints places he has visited many times.. Working throughout the seasons in the open air to quickly capture a changing scene, he frequently reinterprets the same place from memory back in his studio.
Don says ‘It’s painting a feeling…rather than being a copy, the painting takes on its own life. Changing light, sensing minute by minute changes in nature. You never know what the weather will do….in the UK we have REAL weather! I always trust my memory. A photo is just a snap of an instant, whereas my observations and paintings occur over a much longer time. This allows me to soak up where I am and allows my memory to intrude and influence my observations and interpretations.’








