Holtoms Stables
Wood Lane, Cherington
Shipston on Stour
CV36 5HY
“My paintings are a celebration of landscape – a distillation of stored experiences which verge on the abstract. I am inspired by dramatic qualities of light, shape and form, trying to re-create an equivalent in paint in which the viewer may experience the sense of being there and being part of the whole”
Sarah Stoten from The Stour Gallery, Shipston on Stour (2006) writes:
Jane Gibbs’ paintings consist of planes of colour counter balanced by energetic brush marks, a visual exploration of the landscape she finds herself in; Africa, Corsica, England and, more recently, Ireland. Her feeling for the land and palette of observed colours combine to create images and sensations of abstracted landscapes. You feel as well as see the place. The characteristics of a place; its innate design and balance plus an emotional and thoughtful response to what is seen, determine her work. Jane’s paintings have a depth. Emotional energy can partially produce a painting, the challenge is to technically control that energy without losing emotional excitement. Jane’s drawing ability and her understanding of colour provide that technical control.
TRAINING: 3 years studying drawing in the studio of an eminent professional artist. Diploma course in painting and printmaking at Leamington Art College. Trained under the abstract painter Richard Kidd.
OPEN EXHIBITIONS: Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; Discerning Eye, London; Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Ashcroft Modern Art, Cirencester; Chipping Norton Theatre Gallery (2 person); The Stour Gallery, Shipston on Stour, Warks; The Walker Gallery, Harrogate, Yorks; Merriscourt Gallery, Glos.
Paintings this page Copyright © 2010 Jane Gibbs