JayteesArt

I have been painting, on and off, since childhood – but not with any regularity until moving to Herefordshire in 2002 since when I have had both a solo and joint exhibition of my work.

I love painting in watercolour, and have tried many times over the years to adopt a looser, brighter, more transparent style …. but approaching ( or some would say IN!) my dotage, am at last allowing myself to ‘do what comes naturally’

I now do more ‘blending’ and ‘glazing’ and use fewer washes than do most other watercolourists, I also ‘lift’, ‘scrub’, ‘wipe’ and am no longer afraid to use white where it will achieve the result I am after.This results in my work often being mistaken for pastels!

I always prefer to use my own photographs for my paintings – though when I paint portraits on commission am usually obliged to use others ‘snaps’ or even photocopies. I enjoy tackling unusual subjects, or ordinary subjects from unusual angles. Macros flowers seem to suit my style. At the moment I am ‘into’ painting people – relaxing rather than working – as a diversion from community activities.

I look forward to the time I can retire from retirement and devote more time to developing my Art

I am delighted to have had a number of my paintings featured since adding them to RedBubble Groups

A greater range of my work can be seen at www.JayteesArt.com

Update January 2010 :

I am currently finishing my first ‘real’ pastel.. …and enjoying the process enormously.

I have posted a WIP ( Work in Progress) in one of the art forums to which I belong www.PaintingFriends.com I am also a member of www.WetCanvas.com

I am also working on converting an empty restaurant in Kington into an Art Gallery cum workshop cum teaching space…..which I hope will be ready to open in May. [ Well as of July17th it isnt !… but getting closer daily .. September I hope. There is a Progress Blog at http://jayteesart.blogspot.com ]

Update November 2010

The Kington Gallery is now up and running (since the end of August) and is just about to host an exhibition of work from the Kington Art Society. Two succesfull exhibitions have already taken place featuring other Redbubble artists Ruth Harris and Stephie Butler. The ‘Gallery Club’ will start in January.