Artist's statement
Jane Rist MA
Artist’s statement
For this exhibition, I have
been concentrating on a new series of small pieces in which I am continuing to
try to draw attention to something that amazes, excites or stimulates me in the
landscape. My work has become more abstract, but I still endeavour to point out
something incredible – whether it is beautiful, ambiguous or disturbing – that
others may not have noticed: this is increasingly colours of the sky or
patterns of the fields.
Rather than realistic interpretations of what
I see, these pieces are about how I feel and the creation of mood. When
something has left an impression on me, I hope to recreate that impression on
others, a sort of artistic version of Wordworth’s ‘emotion recollected in
tranquillity.’
I am currently working predominantly in
gouache and although there is an abstract sensibility about them, the pieces
are still recognisably landscapes.
I use the paint as a sculptural entity,
building up layers of impasto,
allowing serendipity to play its part.
I look to contemporary painters such as the
Cornish artists Gareth Edwards and Kurt Jackson, and abstract landscape
painters Melita Denaro and Louise Balaam for inspiration, as well as great
landscapists of the past:
Turner and Constable.
EJR/03/16
ejrist@gmail.com Instagram:
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