Artist’s Statement
Jean exhibits regularly in the UK, mostly in the South of England. ‘‘All my work begins in front of the subject, whether in the urban landscape or the countryside. I allow my eyes to relax and my thoughts to absorb what is around me, so that from the initial sketch I make a response to my surroundings. Back in my studio I interpret my sketches into paintings that once started often dictate changes and further responses to colour and shapes that I recollect from my original interpretation’’
‘’As an abstract painter, it is very important for me to keep the ‘idea’ of the original reaction to a given space and allow the viewer room for their own interpretations as well.
Some of my work is intimate, some giving depth in space and air. The density of colour, it’s transparency or opacity, the layers that build up the painting are designed to add richness to forms within the flatness of the paper or mount card support.
My work is an ongoing journey. So far the end is not in sight!
JEAN NOBLE RI SWA
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@jean.noble.artist.
Loughborough College of Art
Kingston University design degree
Central St Martins short courses
The Slade Summer Intensive
Membership:
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Society of Women’s Artists
Chelsea Art Society
Exhibited:
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibitions
Royal Society of Oil Painters
Royal Watercolour Society open exhibition
Pastel Society at the Mall galleries
The Discerning Eye at the Mall galleries
Art for Youth at The Mall galleries
Fresh Art Cheltenham
Fresh Art Ascot
Cambridge Art Fair
Connect Art Fair
Hampstead Affordable Art Fair
Battersea Affordable Art Fair
Brussels Affordable art Fair
20/21 British Art Fair at the Royal College
Fry Art Gallery Annual Sale
Galleries representing me:
Sheridan Russell Gallery
Minster Gallery, Winchester
British Art Portfolio
Amanda Aldous Fine Art
Sea Pictures Gallery, Clare
Awards:
1969 winner of the Royal Society of Arts Design Award.
2011 winner of the John Goss Prize at Hertford art Society
2013 winner of The Lady Laming Award for Abstract Art
2017 winner of The Barbara Tate Memorial Award at the SWA
