Jan Petrie

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GALLERY

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1. MOOD MUSIC

100 cm x 120cm
Oil, pumice gel, earth pigments on canvas
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2. OVERTURE

100 cm x 120cm
Oil, pumice gel, earth pigments on canvas


3. FOREST SKY

75 x 100cm
Oil, pumice gel, earth pigments on canvas


4. ICE STORM

75 x 100 cm
Oil, pumice gel, earth pigments on canvas


5. WINDSWEPT

75 x 100
oil & pumice gel on canvas


6. OVERCAST

92 x 105 cm
oil, pumice, gel, copper leaf on canvas


7. URBAN RIFFS

100 x 100 cm
Oil, earth pigments, gold leaf on canvas


8. ELECTRICAL STORM

92 cm x 105cm
oil, pigments, moulding gel,lava dust & aluminium foil on canvas


9. STRATA IV

90 x 105
acrylic,copper foil,earth pigments on tailor’s canvas


10. STRATA V

90 x 105
acrylic,copper foil,earth pigments on tailor’s canvas


11. DAWN

90 x 105
oil, pumice, gel and copper leaf on canvas


12. DUSK

90 x 105
oil, pumice, gel and aluminium leaf on canvas


DESCRIPTION OF PAINTINGS

My paintings are inspired by the landscape of Southern England. In these very recent paintings I am seeking to convey a pared-down, elemental sense of place and mood - the impressions left in ones memory.

Although I work in oils on canvas, my choice of other materials is very personal - I was born in the Forest of Dean and the earth pigments I use come from the Clearwell caves there. The choice of copper, gold aluminium or silver foil is both for their aesthetic qualities and also as a representation of the elements themselves - the basic building blocks of a landscape. For the same reason, I often use stone dust - pumice, lava and sandstone which also give a texture to the work and to alter the reflections on the surface of the paintings.

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