Artwork for Jane Foot
Pink Door
The Village
On Solid Ground
Visual Haiku
Lone Tree
Weathered Walls
Green Green Grass
Welsh Chapel
Details
My paintings are characterised by texture, colour, depth, bold shapes, motifs & words. I work intuitively, responding in the moment to what is in front of me, until the painting is resolved; this often takes months.
For me the flow is the thing - it takes me to a place, a moment in time; manifesting itself in shapes and colours.
My painting process is a little different from the norm. I rarely use paint brushes - preferring squeegees, palette knives, fingers, razor blades - and my medium of choice is wax. I paint by constructing layers of either pigmented hot wax (using a blow torch and heat gun, this is known as encaustic painting) or oil paint mixed with a dense cold wax paste. I then scrape back into the painting, reshaping, layering up again ... and repeat. The physicality of my process eases me into an immersive flow.
I offer two types of encaustic painting workshops at my May Hill Studio on the Gloucestershire-Herefordshire border:
1. 'My Kind of Ironing' sessions - fun 2 hour painting sessions, suitable for everyone, instant art using an encaustic iron and wax paints!
2. 'The Full Kit' session - learn more about the history of encaustic painting and how to paint with hot wax, heat guns and blow torches; use photographs and collage, create a small landscape or abstract piece, or simply explore and experiment in this 4 hour introductory session.
2023 Exhibitions:
March 1 - 18: The Secret Gallery, Newent
March 9 - April 12: Take 4 Gallery, Ledbury
April 15 - May 12: Made in Ross, 'Guest Artist’, Ross-on-Wye
July 1-9: farOpen Art Trail - visit my Studio in May Hill!
Aug 24-30: Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham
Sep 2-10: h.Art Trail, The Garron Centre, Llangarron
Access to Art & Design (Level 3) at Malvern School of Art.
Newent: Secret Gallery in Newent (Artist in Residence)
Ledbury: Take 4 (September/October 2021 & September/October 2022), Weavers Gallery (June 2022)
Chepstow: 7Q Gallery (May 2022)
The Secret Gallery, Newent.
