Katherine Jackson NEAC values observational painting as an intimate means of giving attention to her surroundings and hopes to produce images which recreate the quiet absorption she experiences while making.
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Artist Statement
‘My work comes out of careful attention to my surroundings. I particularly seek to describe the way light animates forms, and aim towards a pared-back clarity of composition; I’m interested in how these concerns might bring weight and presence to my subjects.’
Method of Working
‘I live and work in the Somerset countryside, near the Quantock Hills. I tend to work on several paintings at once, and I select a particular one to develop according to the time of day, the light and weather. My paintings are made in oils, and occasionally in watercolour.
I almost always work from life - my monotypes are usually made out in the landscape and printed in my studio, and my paintings are done at home or in the surrounding fields. I enjoy the way in which a painting can emerge directly out of an encounter with a subject.’