Professional Member Jayne Stokes
Professional MemberDetails
| First Name | Jayne |
| Last Name | Stokes |
| Username | jaynestokes |
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| Region | Edinburgh & The Lothians |
| Disciplines | Painting, Sculpture, Installation |
| Themes | Landscape, Site-specific, Environment |
Statement
| Statement | ‘I am essentially a landscape artist, although probably not in the traditional sense. I work in mixed media and my aim is to explore and document our relationship with the environment. The starting point for most of my pieces is a journey. This could be a short walk, a car journey or a trip further afield. My preferred subject is the Scottish landscape; I have lived in Scotland for over 15 years and I never tire of exploring those places around me. While I was at Art School I documented the journeys I made by firstly collecting found objects, taking photographs and sketching. This process of research informed the production of larger three dimensional pieces, installations and paintings. My practice has continued in this way and is what informs the development of my work. I don’t always work on a conventional two dimensional surface and I like to incorporate the use of old tins, ceramic fragments and matchboxes within my work. The objects I utilise have a history of their own, having been on a journey themselves after time spent in someone’s pocket, on a shelf or in the sea.These objects are also used as framing devices to contain and sometimes magnify the subject matter. I like the fact that these objects have been remade, recycled and repurposed. My work can be small scale but multiple images are sometimes combined to create larger pieces. My aim is draw the viewer in, encouraging their involvement in, and deeper scrutiny of, the work and its themes’ |
Biography
| Biography |
Jayne graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1996 with a first class honours degree in drawing and painting; latterly she studied at Winchester School of Art in Barcelona graduating with an MA in Fine Art in 1998. Jayne, like many other people takes endless snapshots of the journeys she makes. Painting is a tool which enables her to study the landscape in more depth “a photograph takes a fleeting moment whereas a painting can take hours, weeks and sometimes months to create.” Her paintings capture the depth of textures and colour as layer upon and layer of paint is applied and manipulated. Her work is held in many public and private collections including those of East Lothian Council, Art in Healthcare, Standard Life Aberdeen and Grizedale Arts. She is currently represented by the Open Eye Gallery, Tatha Gallery & Fidra Fine Art . Recent Solo Exhibitions 2023 ‘Recollection’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2021 ‘Outside-In’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2018 ‘Out There’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Recent Group Exhibitions 2024 ‘On A Small Scale’ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh ‘Built’ Tinker Gallery, Ilkley VAS ‘Then & Now’ Dalkeith Palace RSA Annual Exhibition Edinburgh RSW Annual Exhibition Edinburgh ‘Anew’ Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy The Little Picture Show, Highgate Contemporary Art, London Summer Exhibition, Fidra Fine Art Gullane 2023 Land Sea and Sky, Cameron Contemporary Art, Brighton Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset Society of women Artists, Mall Galleries, London ‘Festival’ Cameron Contemporary Art, Brighton Summer Exhibition, Fidra Fine Art, Gullane 2022 Regional Award – Scotland, ING The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 2021 VACMA Creative Scotland Artists Bursary award 2020 The Jane Gardiner Prize, Paisley Art Institute
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