My work is the expression of a lifelong affinity with the landscape. I prefer my work to be an organic process and not to force which path it takes. Although drawing has always been integral to my artistic practice, it has only become my main focus in recent years as I felt I wanted to fully explore dry media and how I could use the paper itself to be part of the artwork, using techniques such as impressed lines. I fell in love with pastels - their immediacy of colour allows spontaneity of mark-making, which is important as I seek to capture movement in my drawings. Collage emerged as another strand to my work alongside pastel, and I enjoy the process of adding and subtracting elements without needing to commit until a final decision is made. I use the juxtaposition of torn and cut edges to create a tension between the shapes. Joan Eardley has long been an influence, having seen her work when researching British landscape artists at university. I have always been greatly inspired by Abstract Expressionism, and for me her landscapes convey that same visual language of movement and energy. Eardley's pallette of greys and muted tones has also been influential in my work, particularly in recent years.
Janine lives on the North Yorkshire coast of the UK, and this location is a constant source of inspiration to her artwork. She has exhibited extensively across the UK, including with the Royal Academy of Arts, the Society of Women Artists, and the Pastel Society UK, London. She has won The Arts Club Charitable Trust Award in 2014, the Haworth Prize in 2015, and the Unison Colour Young Artists Award in 2016, London. Janine has recently been elected a member of the Pastel Society London.
Path Through the Forest II, 70 x 53cm
Charcoal graphite and pastel on paper £795
Silence II, 23 x 47cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite collage on paper £425
Quiet Birch Wood, 42 x 59cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite collage on paper £550
Fields at Potter Brompton, 34 x 34cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £425
Soft Snow II, 34 x 34cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £425
Pastoral II, 27 x 29 cm
Acrylic, pastel,charcoal and graphite collage on card £295
Changing Seasons, 47 x 48cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £550
Meander, 52 x 52 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £550
Wild Lands III, 25 x 32 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £350
Pastoral, 20 x 29 cm
Acrylic, pastel, and charcoal collage on paper £295
Rosedale II, 22 x 22 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper SOLD
'Glen Nevis', 45 x 45 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £525
'Glen Nevis II', 34 x 34 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £425
Expanse, 45 x 45 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £525
Wild is the Wind, 59 x 79 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £795
Shoreline, Isle of Skye, 25 x 38 cm
Acrylic, pastel, charcoal and graphite on card £350
Across Loch Linnhe, 25 x 25 cm
Acrylic, pastel, charcoal and graphite on card SOLD
Wild Lands, 28 x 36 cm
Pastel, charcoal and graphite on paper £350