A solo show from Suffolk artist Jane Human - The Blue and Green Happiness
Last few days - on until Saturday 27 July
Jane Human, The Long Border II, July / Acrylic and oil on paper / 76.5 x110cm / £2,750 SOLD
"Spontaneous, expressive gestures solidify as graphic marks and, as the paper continues to go through the press, often fifty or sixty times, adjusting and adding layers, a distinct surface accumulates.The litho inks, transparent in themselves, sediment and build into a distinct patinated surface which presents us with more than just an image. We are given the accumulated results of improvised marks, happy accidents, mis-registrations; the image embedded in the outcome of a painterly, energetic and physical process.
The surfaces become dense and woven. They feel like tapestry. In fact tapestry might be a good way of thinking about the work. Design, colour and expression are all there, but are sublimated to the overall warp and weft of the surface, the woven threads of the tapestry turning gesture into graphic mark, at the same time as unifying the surface. We see the weave and we see the image, both present, neither more significant than the other". Simon Carter, Artist and Curator May 2024
The surfaces become dense and woven. They feel like tapestry. In fact tapestry might be a good way of thinking about the work. Design, colour and expression are all there, but are sublimated to the overall warp and weft of the surface, the woven threads of the tapestry turning gesture into graphic mark, at the same time as unifying the surface. We see the weave and we see the image, both present, neither more significant than the other". Simon Carter, Artist and Curator May 2024
Spring Sentinel I/ Oil on paper /106 x83.5cm /£2,850 SOLD
Autumn Sentinel II / Oil on paper /106 x83.5cm /£2,850 SOLD
Misted Morning II / Oil on paper /73 x 96cm /£2,250 SOLD
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Autumn Sentinel I/ Oil on paper /106 x83.5cm /£2,850
Autumn Sentinel IV / Oil on paper /106 x83.5cm /£2,850
Sunset Oak I/ Oil on paper / 41.5 x 50cm /£900 SOLD
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Secluded III / Acrylic and oil on paper / 83 x 110cm /£2,850 SOLD
The Long Border I, June / Acrylic and oil on paper / 76.5 x110cm / £2,750 SOLD
One Fine Day II, Thornham / Acrylic and oil on paper / 50.5 x70cm / £1,250 SOLD
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Prelude to Long Border I I/Oil on paper / 83 x110cm / £1,500 SOLD
One Fine Day I, Burnham Marshes / Acrylic and oil on paper / 50.5 x70cm / £1,250
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Ways Meets Pond II, Spring / Acrylic and oil on paper / 84 x 102cm/ £2,600 SOLD
A Glimpse, Summer Border II/ Acrylic and oil on paper / 30 x 36cm/ £500
A Glimpse, Summer Border III/ Acrylic and oil on paper / 30 x 36cm/ £500
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A Glimpse, Summer Border I/ Acrylic and oil on paper / 30 x 36cm/ £500
A Glimpse, Summer Border IV/ Acrylic and oil on paper / 30 x 36cm/ £500
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Oak Form I / Oil on paper /37 x48cm / £650 SOLD
Venetian I / Collage/ 26 x32cm/ £395
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Oak Form II / Oil on paper /37 x48cm / £650 SOLD
Venetian II / Collage/ 26 x32cm/ £395 SOLD
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Oak Form III / Oil on paper /37 x48cm / £650 SOLD
Venetian III / Collage/ 32 x26cm/ £395
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Venetian IV / Collage/ 32 x26cm/ £395
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Venetian V / Collage/ 32 x26cm/ £395
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Saltmarsh I / Collage/ 32 x26cm/ £395 SOLD
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The Blue and Green Happiness
As a curious observer within the landscape I am increasingly aware that I need take only a few steps from my door to be launched into the unknown, the strange and the beautiful. I am writing this in late Spring, when cow parsley, buttercups, ox-eye daisies and new summer crops are all vying for attention and suddenly long grass and fresh new leaves are everywhere. On a good day, despite and because of the many deluges the hedgerows,copses and fields of our patch of very rural Suffolk are are cloaked in a rich palette of green. And thinking of blue and green in combination implies to me nature, air, new growth, optimism, calm, joy. More specifically, with this title I am hoping to share an emotional state of being when finding inspiration out there in the landscape, surrounded by nature. For me it is a sensation of euphoria, exhilaration, a visceral thrill, an excitement in the belly and this is the essence of my desire to make work. I hope the idea of The Blue and Green Happiness gives a flavour and impetus to the work on show in this exhibition, made in the last 18 months and encompassing all seasons. Jane Human May 2024 |
Jane in the garden, May 2024.
(photo Rajat Jindal)
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Coming up next : from 10 August Summer landscape exhibition
Alex Ayliffe, Mary Blue, Ruth Bunnewell, Miles Cole, Malcolm Farrow, Mari French
Alex Ayliffe, Mary Blue, Ruth Bunnewell, Miles Cole, Malcolm Farrow, Mari French
Miles Cole / Penwith Skyline / Oil on linen / 51 x 61cm/ £1,800