Details
| First Name | Janette |
| Last Name | Sumner |
| Username | janette-sumner-art |
| Website | |
| Region | Edinburgh & The Lothians |
| Disciplines | Applied Arts and Craft, Painting |
| Themes | Abstract |
Statement
| Statement | I live close to the Edinburgh and East Lothian coastline, and spending time by the sea gives me a particular sense of calm. I like nothing better than wandering along the beach investigating what’s hidden in the nooks and crannies of tidelines and rock pools. The tidelines really interest me, the fact that they are only there for a short space of time supporting crustaceans, sand-hoppers, seabirds and even voles and mice, before the incoming tide laps around them once again. I usually work with mixed media, and it lends itself so well in capturing the hidden colours, textures and shapes of the tidelines. I like to build up the surfaces first with layers of collage using a vintage travel guide of Scotland, together with my favourite mulberry tissue which is embedded with dried seaweed. The tissue crinkles beautifully when wet, and when dry give the lovely texture of rivulets running along the beach. I work back into the collage in order to ‘excavate’ my composition from the surface. Often elements of the under surface still remain, offering a history to the work. |
Biography
| Biography | Solo Exhibition 2nd April – 2nd June 2025 Whitekirk Hill, Whitekirk, North Berwick, Scotland Group Exhibitions 5th – 26th April 2025 Eduardo Alessandro Studio, Spring Exhibition 30 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland Spring 2025 – ongoing Torrance Gallery, Dundas Street, Edinburgh, Scotland Spring 2025 – ongoing Found Gallery, 84 High Street, Dunbar, Scotland November 2024 – ongoing Detail Gallery, Lochrin Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
26th – 29th March 2025 Braid Bowling Club Midmar Drive, Edinburgh, Scotland 14th – 16th March 2025 Border’s Art Fair (with Visual Arts Scotland) Borders Event Centre, Kelso, TD5 8LS, Scotland
Dec 2024 – 25th Feb 2025 Dukes of West Barns, 5 Duke Street, West Barns, Dunbar, Scotland November – 8th December 2024 MacMillan Art Show, St John’s, Princes Street , Edinburgh, Scotland Nov – 13th Dec 2024 Society of Scottish Artists Annual Show, 30 x 30, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
October 2024 St Columba’s Art Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland September – October 2024 Dukes of West Barns, Autumn Show, Dunbar, Scotland September 2024 Edinburgh Art Fair, (with St Columba’s Hospice) O2 Academy, Edinburgh
August 2024 Visual Arts Scotland, Now & Then 30 x 30 Exhibition, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Scotland
June – August 2024 Dukes of West Barns, Summer Show, Dunbar, Scotland
May – July 2024 Whitekirk Hill, North Berwick, Scotland May 2024 Little Picture Show, Highgate Contemporary Art, London
May 2024 Art at Ancrum, the Borders, Scotland April – May 2024 Torrance Gallery, Spring Show, Dundas Street, Edinburgh
April – September 2024 Art Unlimited – The Gallery, Bridport, Dorset, England 1st – 6th April 2024 The Dundas Street Gallery, 6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh February 2024 Visual Arts Scotland, Centenary (30cm x 30cm) Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 2023 MacMillan Art Show, St John’s, Princes Street , Edinburgh, Scotland November 2023 Edinburgh Art Fair, (with St Columba’s Hospice) O2 Academy, Edinburgh October 2023 St Columba’s Art Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland September 2023 Art Walk Porty, Portobello, Scotland June 2023 ‘Elements’ Exhibition, Dovecot Studios, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh
December 2022 Open Studios, Paintbox School of Art, Cockenzie, Scotland |