Jane Emberson
Location: Beaulieu, Hampshire
Website: www.janeemberson.com The landscape is a constant source of inspiration, from the sculptural shapes and textures that form the horizon, to the intricate patterns present in nature. For the past few years I have been exploring the notion of a memory created by past events - from dramatic geological and environmental changes to manmade scars - footprints of our ancestors, and the potential energy from these happenings being absorbed and contained within. My most recent body of work, Strangelands, describes a place in the far distant future where the old world has been destroyed and a new one begins. The images are of incohate landscapes which appear to form according to ancient laws of nature destruction and renewal. I prefer to work in the open air allowing the elements to assist and alter the shape and flow of the paint. Unpredictable movements of wind, rain and changing temperatures sometimes direct passing insects towards the colourful sticky surface where they too become unwitting hostages in the new world. I like to explore the idea of imperfection, the unfamiliar and the uncanny, where chance plays a major role and where the landscape takes on a creature-like appearance, embodying a kind of monstrous beauty.
Exhibitions
2011 Runnymede Gallery, Old Windsor, Berks - Spring Open Exhibition, Apr. Winchester School of Art Degree Show, Hants, Jun. Pop-Up Gallery, Winchester Fashion Week, Hants, Jul. The Barge House, South Bank, London, Seize, Jul. Salon Art Prize, Vyner St, London E9, Oct. Affordable Art Fair, Recent Graduates Exhibition, Battersea Park, London, Oct. Affordable Art Fair, Recent Graduates, Exhibition, Hamstead Heath, London, Oct. The Coastal Gallery, Lymington Hants, Nov-Dec Shortlisted for the National Open Art Exhibtion, Chichester, Sussex, (awaiting result). 2010 Discovery Centre, Winchester, Hants, Lines of Force, Mar. Hampshire Open Studios, Beaulieu, Hants, Aug. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 158 Autumn Exhibition, Oct. 2009 St Barbe Museum & Gallery, Lymington, Hants, Jul. Galleries: The Coastal Gallery, Lymington, Hants & Workshop Wales Gallery, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales
