During the Sky Arts competition, which, believe it or not, was five, nearly six years ago, . During the competition, I had to learn to finish paintings. Before then, I would struggle to finish things and often make a strong …
£ 37,318.86p and a Room of My Own Some of you might kind of recognise this strange statement. You might recognise it more if it said “£500 and a room of her own” and until last week, I wouldn’t have …
“Umm…so what exactly is it Jen?”We all have different thoughts and feelings about “art” and its many forms. Painting alone is so broad and subject to all sorts of descriptions, delineations and movements including figurative, abstract, landscape, portraiture, interiors, modern, post-modern, post-war, contemporary, …
The squeeze and release of making a painting I admit I am a bit obsessed with how many things in life seem to follow a squeeze and release process pattern, rather than a steady flow. I wrote about this in …
Bringing all of me, to my workFor several years now I have tried to narrow my painting focus and find congruence in my work, despite it not feeling terribly comfortable and a little boring. This has been in response to …
Words matter…or do they? Last October I started a “correspondence” course with a well-respected painting school in London and already it has been an eye opener in many ways. Of course, the thing with corresponding is that is it pretty …
Plein Air painting is great fun, produces powerful works packed with immediacy. Given Bristol’s diverse landscape and creative roots, Cass Art Bristol and I decided to launch the Great Bristol Paint Off (yes I know….not cakes, but paint, and work …
I was brought up in a loving home but with little exposure to life beyond our working-class bubble. Little wonder that at 14 I wanted to be an actor but had no clue how you became an actor (that’s a …