Writing | Terry Channell

Research Into Heidegger Moments: a critical reflection

This paper is a critical reflection on a project to investigate what I call Heidegger Moments (HMs). HMs are intense creative experiences t

Painting is a visual medium: some thoughts

In viewing my work, a colleague commented ‘you must remember that painting is a visual medium

On Paolozzi, Rauschenberg and Beuys: why paint?

I wish to use my response to these three exhibitions to reflect on what lies beyond my own practice.

The inner life of the art object

In this paper, I wish to explore the experience of a different power relationship, one where the object is given primacy in its own right

Miroslaw Balka and why I paint: reflections on ‘Remembrance of the First Holy Communion’

Miroslaw Balka’s early works ‘explore the imprint of the artist’s past on his adult persona’

Anton Ehrenzweig: this artist’s best friend

Of all of the writers on art I have read – art critics, theorists, philosophers, artists themselves – none has been of as much practical hel

How do Patricia Cain’s ideas on the ‘enactive practitioner’ inform my practice?

In the attached table I identify key passages in Cain’s book that, for me, either support or contrast with my current thinking.

Presence III and the deliberative approach to painting

The third series of Presence paintings take us further into the ‘deliberative painting’ approach, exposing us to further questions about the

Practice based research: capturing presence

This blog summarises the experience of my first steps in researching the capture of ‘presence’ through a particular approach to painting

Practice based research: capturing presence II

Presence II is the second round of investigating the ‘deliberative’ mark and the production of ‘presence’ in painting

Practice based research: making sense of my work

Why do painters paint? A simple question with, perhaps, a simple answer – painters are compelled to paint, and feel less engaged with...

Why I paint

In the Autumn 2017 edition of TATE Etc, there is a brief article by the artist Miroslaw Balka, titled 'You don't need to see a work of...

At last – a chance to paint!

I have a morning in which to paint. For the last 5 or 6 months I have been busy doing everything but paint - building a website,...

Yup’ik dance masks: Heidegger’s theory of art in practice?

The evolution of my artistic practice has introduced me to new ideas and ways of working that have changed me as a person,

“Thinking is a mode of experiencing the world”

In my first blog, I intended to write a measured piece, one that would set the tone for this blog – something about the transition from...