Featured Artist - Jackie Green
Interview“The juxtaposition of the shapes, colours and textures of pots , pebbles and found objects etc., together with a hint of table top, lend themselves to varying degrees of ambiguity and abstraction”.
Jackie has a long standing interest in still life, and ways of interpreting this in a fresh and contemporary way is a constant challenge.
Born in Dorset and brought up on the Isle of Wight and Somerset Jackie studied academically in Nottingham and followed her degree by training as a Probation Officer.
After her first work in London, where she met her husband, Jackie moved to Hampshire where she worked in Winchester prison. Family soon followed , and time was taken up in caring for two children.
Jackie had always been interested in art and the existence of a creche at Eastleigh Adult Education gave her the opportunity to enrol for GCSE and A level Art courses.
She then progressed to Southampton Institute of Higher Education ( now Solent University) for the Higher Painting Certificate and then the Diploma in Fine Art, graduation in 1993.
After college, Jackie attended classes in Abstract Art and Life Drawing at the Tower Art Centre in Winchester.
Jackie has a long standing interest in still life, and ways of interpreting this in a fresh and contemporary way is a constant challenge.
Born in Dorset and brought up on the Isle of Wight and Somerset Jackie studied academically in Nottingham and followed her degree by training as a Probation Officer.
After her first work in London, where she met her husband, Jackie moved to Hampshire where she worked in Winchester prison. Family soon followed , and time was taken up in caring for two children.
Jackie had always been interested in art and the existence of a creche at Eastleigh Adult Education gave her the opportunity to enrol for GCSE and A level Art courses.
She then progressed to Southampton Institute of Higher Education ( now Solent University) for the Higher Painting Certificate and then the Diploma in Fine Art, graduation in 1993.
After college, Jackie attended classes in Abstract Art and Life Drawing at the Tower Art Centre in Winchester.
Jackie’s early work was influenced by the watercolours of Elizabeth Blackadder , the semi abstract paintings of Ivon Hitchens and later the collages of Barbara Rae.
For many years, Jackie lacked confidence in the use of paint. Tearing up paper for collage freed her up to produce looser and more abstract images. Paint tended to be straight from the tube.
In 2000, and 2001Jackie went to Chapel House Studios in Cornwall where the artists Jeremy Annear and his wife Judy Buxton ran Summer Schools. This was a turning point for Jackie. She learnt to mix paint and to use the subtle colours which are still dominant in her work. She began to use more impasto and different methods and to “ collage in paint”.
Jeremy Annear “ uses still life to transport us into the world of abstraction and a free play of ideas” wrote Tom Cross . This greatly resonated with Jackie.
For many years, Jackie lacked confidence in the use of paint. Tearing up paper for collage freed her up to produce looser and more abstract images. Paint tended to be straight from the tube.
In 2000, and 2001Jackie went to Chapel House Studios in Cornwall where the artists Jeremy Annear and his wife Judy Buxton ran Summer Schools. This was a turning point for Jackie. She learnt to mix paint and to use the subtle colours which are still dominant in her work. She began to use more impasto and different methods and to “ collage in paint”.
Jeremy Annear “ uses still life to transport us into the world of abstraction and a free play of ideas” wrote Tom Cross . This greatly resonated with Jackie.
After leaving Southampton Institute in 1993, Jackie joined 2d3dSouth, Contemporary Art, a group founded by graduates of the course, who were decisive in keeping exhibiting together.
In 1998, the group had a major show at the Whiteleys Gallery in Bayswater, and Jackie was taken up by a gallerist JAG Contemporary and exhibited at the first Affordable Art Fair , who also showed her work in Kensington Church Street.
Highly influential in Jackie’s work were visits to South Africa where her daughter was living at the time. Landscapes, seascapes, wildlife and indigenous plant forms began to appear in her work.
After this period Jackie exhibited her work in a variety of different venues. The Hampshire Open Studios was first created in 2006; Jackie and the abstract painter Angela Vyvyan exhibited together for several years. Resulting from this, Jackie had her work picked up by Bell Fine Art in Winchester and again her work was shown at The Affordable Art fair. Bell Fine Art have continued to show her work.
This also led to an introduction to the Glasshouse Gallery in Penzance where she exhibited from 2009 -2011.
In 1998, the group had a major show at the Whiteleys Gallery in Bayswater, and Jackie was taken up by a gallerist JAG Contemporary and exhibited at the first Affordable Art Fair , who also showed her work in Kensington Church Street.
Highly influential in Jackie’s work were visits to South Africa where her daughter was living at the time. Landscapes, seascapes, wildlife and indigenous plant forms began to appear in her work.
After this period Jackie exhibited her work in a variety of different venues. The Hampshire Open Studios was first created in 2006; Jackie and the abstract painter Angela Vyvyan exhibited together for several years. Resulting from this, Jackie had her work picked up by Bell Fine Art in Winchester and again her work was shown at The Affordable Art fair. Bell Fine Art have continued to show her work.
This also led to an introduction to the Glasshouse Gallery in Penzance where she exhibited from 2009 -2011.
Jackie has exhibited regularly with 2d3d South Contemporary Art for the past 20 years, showing at The Mall galleries in 2005 and in 2014, taking part in the exhibition , “Waiting in the Wings of War”, which related to the run up to WW1.
Jackie’s work for this exhibition was influenced by a poem by Ted Hughes ,( Crow) combined with collaged images of Suffragettes and linked texts.
In recent year, Jackie has shown regularly at Rums Eg, Romsey. Most recently in 2017 , participating in “ Life’s Rich Tapestry “, where in response to the brief she produced two mixed media paintings with Japanese references.
In recent year, Jackie has shown regularly at Rums Eg, Romsey. Most recently in 2017 , participating in “ Life’s Rich Tapestry “, where in response to the brief she produced two mixed media paintings with Japanese references.
For many years , Jackie was also a member of painting groups...Group 94 at Ringwood and New Road Artists , Timsbury. She feels she has benefited from the support of other artists , and the critiques and expertise of visiting professional artists helped consolidate her artistic practice. She now belongs to a group of five like minded artists who meet regularly , visit exhibitions and share art related information.
Jackie always works in acrylic (“ I am too impatient to work in oils”). Her work is characterised by a distinctive colour palette. She says she could not live without white or caerulean blue. She uses unusual methods of applying paint or mark making, sometimes using a feather to produce a thin line or tonking with textured material.
A further strong characteristic is also a delight in experimenting with surfaces, painting methods, scale and textures. She enjoys creating”wall paintings”, where different mixed media , paint and collage are gradually added , sometimes for only a few minutes at a time , to build up a multi layered abstract mage.
Running through all of the work over the years is a fascination with Cornwall and Cornish artists, Ben Nicholson, William Scott, Patrick Heron to present day practitioners. In connection with many of the emphases in their work , her compositions are always suggestive of table tops, combined with pots and fragments of plant life.
Jackie states that her work contains images which are “ lost and found”, which she explains is to look at her work it is possible to interpret suggestions of objects which are partly but not necessarily perceived.
Jackie always works in acrylic (“ I am too impatient to work in oils”). Her work is characterised by a distinctive colour palette. She says she could not live without white or caerulean blue. She uses unusual methods of applying paint or mark making, sometimes using a feather to produce a thin line or tonking with textured material.
A further strong characteristic is also a delight in experimenting with surfaces, painting methods, scale and textures. She enjoys creating”wall paintings”, where different mixed media , paint and collage are gradually added , sometimes for only a few minutes at a time , to build up a multi layered abstract mage.
Running through all of the work over the years is a fascination with Cornwall and Cornish artists, Ben Nicholson, William Scott, Patrick Heron to present day practitioners. In connection with many of the emphases in their work , her compositions are always suggestive of table tops, combined with pots and fragments of plant life.
Jackie states that her work contains images which are “ lost and found”, which she explains is to look at her work it is possible to interpret suggestions of objects which are partly but not necessarily perceived.
© 2D3D South Contemporary Art, 2018