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Caption: PAINTING SCENT #5ftinf #synaesthesia #painting #art #perfume #scent #fragrance
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Caption: Synaesthesia and Scent... ( scroll down to read )
When I’m not filling my table with lopped off flower heads, I paint... and painting has always been the impetus and background to my photographic compositions on The Table before Instagram and blogging were ever in my life...
And this week I’ve been up to my eyes with painting, as on Thursday I ran 2 synaesthesia based workshops in Mayfair for The Perfume Society and www.illuminumfragrance.com, London.
I had been sent 5 of the Illuminum fragrances a few weeks ago which I had painted sketches of...being a synaesthete means that I see the shapes, colours and textures which accompany the senses and through paint I am able to create an impression of what goes on inside my head...
My favourite scent out of the 5 which I was given was ‘Taif Rose’ which I decided I would translate into a large canvas painting...
I had pre prepared textured small canvases for everyone at the workshop, and basically encouraged the inner abstract I believe everyone has, but something which people just need the time and space to explore...it was very satisfying to see everyone completely absorbed in their own creative worlds completely working with their senses...
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Caption: Taif Rose
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Caption: Black Rose
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Caption: White Musk
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Caption: Black Oud
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Caption: Tribal Black Tea
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Caption: The Illuminum Gallery where the workshops took place...
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Caption: The Action Shots... I wasn't very handy with my camera during the workshops, but luckily the amazing photographer Aliona Adrianova was ( www.adrianova.com ) and the following photographs are by here...
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Caption: More at
www.5ftinf.com
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