About the artist's work
"Bloody marvellous!" - Saatchi
Jacqueline's work is inspired by life's rich tapestry and the constant flow of images absorbed by a discerning eye.
While some artists can spend a lifetime perfecting a single style, others are able to turn their hand to anything that takes their fancy with alarming consistency.
Themes vary from an unusual comic strip take on Venice, Cuban street scenes depicting 1950's cars, characterful portraits, indulgent submersion in abstract landscapes and sky formations and avid concentration on perspective in architecture; to unique, imagined worlds, creatures and more thoughtful pieces that make a statement or intend to provoke discussion or convey connotations of meaning.
Naturally, living in Brighton, Jacqueline is drawn to capturing the sea and skies of a coastal landscape but her work also focuses on the melting pot of people enjoying the beach. The finely captured, detailed figurative series, ‘Life’s A Beach’ gives a bird’s eye view of people on the whole stretch of Brighton beach. Tidal seashore scenes feature the starling’s sunset spectacle and studies of people’s silhouettes on the sea groynes capture the essence of youth. The quirky Pebble Heads series is proving to be popular and collectible, as most in the series have now sold and new pebble head characters will soon be on the wall.
Jacqueline says,
“If I had to describe my painting style I’d say that I’m not tied to any specialisation and so continue to experiment. I draw, I sketch, I frame, I observe, I visualise. I like to turn my hand to any inspiration that wafts into vision. I have more ideas than time. Rich in colour canvases dominate my collection thriving with a strong sense of design, colour and composition, yet at the same time every subject I want to paint brings its own style and therefore its own treatment. A subconscious instinct drives my painting style, probably true for many painters.
However, I am not tied to any specialisation and so continue to experiment. I draw, I like to attempt to turn my hand to any inspiration that wafts into vision, am constantly framing and observing. More time to paint is a frequent wish. I have recently taken to producing pen and ink drawings with water colouring to entice spontaneity. This method is satisfying as I can complete a piece of an evening! My creative head is ever flexing its synapses!”
Continuing a recurrent theme of reflections theme, in which the future’s so bright, it's twisted, ‘Acid Pavilion’ –Jacqueline’s new take on Brighton Pavilion is a photo series that depicts Brighton and Hove’s famous landmark as it’s never been seen before.
“It’s amazing how a slight ripple on the pond’s surface could distort the building enough to make it look 'wonky' and 'surreal'. The ripples accentuated the global influences in the architecture, somehow making them 'of another world' - alien, space age, futuristic, psychedelic.”
She adds: “Images reflect our modern day, digitally enhanced, saturated world and my paintings have a 'hyper real', graphic feel to them. Rather than attempt to paint the pavilion in a similar way, it made sense to use the photos themselves. Manipulating the photos with colour alterations in Adobe Photoshop gave the images a painterly quality.”
“I think what my pictures say about Brighton that the future’s bright, if a little twisted, and things aren’t set in stone. There’ll always be new ways of looking at the old and achieving regeneration – moving on to a ‘brave new world’.”
Jacqueline's work is inspired by life's rich tapestry and the constant flow of images absorbed by a discerning eye.
While some artists can spend a lifetime perfecting a single style, others are able to turn their hand to anything that takes their fancy with alarming consistency.
Themes vary from an unusual comic strip take on Venice, Cuban street scenes depicting 1950's cars, characterful portraits, indulgent submersion in abstract landscapes and sky formations and avid concentration on perspective in architecture; to unique, imagined worlds, creatures and more thoughtful pieces that make a statement or intend to provoke discussion or convey connotations of meaning.
Naturally, living in Brighton, Jacqueline is drawn to capturing the sea and skies of a coastal landscape but her work also focuses on the melting pot of people enjoying the beach. The finely captured, detailed figurative series, ‘Life’s A Beach’ gives a bird’s eye view of people on the whole stretch of Brighton beach. Tidal seashore scenes feature the starling’s sunset spectacle and studies of people’s silhouettes on the sea groynes capture the essence of youth. The quirky Pebble Heads series is proving to be popular and collectible, as most in the series have now sold and new pebble head characters will soon be on the wall.
Jacqueline says,
“If I had to describe my painting style I’d say that I’m not tied to any specialisation and so continue to experiment. I draw, I sketch, I frame, I observe, I visualise. I like to turn my hand to any inspiration that wafts into vision. I have more ideas than time. Rich in colour canvases dominate my collection thriving with a strong sense of design, colour and composition, yet at the same time every subject I want to paint brings its own style and therefore its own treatment. A subconscious instinct drives my painting style, probably true for many painters.
However, I am not tied to any specialisation and so continue to experiment. I draw, I like to attempt to turn my hand to any inspiration that wafts into vision, am constantly framing and observing. More time to paint is a frequent wish. I have recently taken to producing pen and ink drawings with water colouring to entice spontaneity. This method is satisfying as I can complete a piece of an evening! My creative head is ever flexing its synapses!”
Continuing a recurrent theme of reflections theme, in which the future’s so bright, it's twisted, ‘Acid Pavilion’ –Jacqueline’s new take on Brighton Pavilion is a photo series that depicts Brighton and Hove’s famous landmark as it’s never been seen before.
“It’s amazing how a slight ripple on the pond’s surface could distort the building enough to make it look 'wonky' and 'surreal'. The ripples accentuated the global influences in the architecture, somehow making them 'of another world' - alien, space age, futuristic, psychedelic.”
She adds: “Images reflect our modern day, digitally enhanced, saturated world and my paintings have a 'hyper real', graphic feel to them. Rather than attempt to paint the pavilion in a similar way, it made sense to use the photos themselves. Manipulating the photos with colour alterations in Adobe Photoshop gave the images a painterly quality.”
“I think what my pictures say about Brighton that the future’s bright, if a little twisted, and things aren’t set in stone. There’ll always be new ways of looking at the old and achieving regeneration – moving on to a ‘brave new world’.”