Jackie Philip: From Studio to Shore 8 - 31 October 2016
david simon
contemporary 4 Bartlett Street, Bath, BA1 2QZ T: 01225 460189 www.davidsimoncontemporary.com
Working with raw pigment mixed with oil onto canvas, Jackie Philip paints with an immediate and direct approach, creating a rich tapestry of colour and luminosity of light. This solo exhibition, her first in Bath, features her latest paintings of still life and landscapes of the Scottish Inner Hebrides. Jackie’s new paintings have a spontaneity which captures a moment in time: the essence of a place or the ephemeral colour of wildflowers recently gathered from the shoreline. Her subject matter is transformed by the intensity of her colour combinations, often juxtaposing or layering complimentary colours which she describes as creating a ‘sensory vibration’. While living and painting in Edinburgh Jackie spends time traveling in search of new challenges & inspiration for her paintings. She has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including an Italian Government Scholarship where she spent a year immersed in the Tuscan landscape & the Tigh Alisdair Ruaraidh Residency which introduced her to the Hebridean Islands. Further afield, her travels have taken her to Asia where the colours & culture of the East have influenced her paintings and simplicity of composition. The spontaneity and bravura of brushmarks in Jackie’s work owes something to the Scottish Colourists, but the strongest influence on her painting technique has been from the S.E. Asian lacquer paintings that she saw in Hanoi, which can use 200 thin layers of colour to achieve their intensity and luminosity. Jackie uses transparent glazes of raw pigment applied over the initial oil paint to combine a richness of colour and texture. While the starting point for her painting is a defined subject matter there is a large element of pure colour abstraction in the completed works. “Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realising one’s sensations” Paul Cezanne
Front Cover: Cerulean Blue pigment and oil on canvas, 61 x 71cm, £2,800
Red Poppy pigment and oil on canvas 32 x 37cm £1,480
Wild Flowers from the Shore pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,250
Sand Dunes and Dark Skies pigment and oil on canvas 31 x 35cm ÂŁ850
Tulips and Cherries pigment and oil on canvas 46 x 41cm £1,880
Daisies and Buttercups pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,250
Pink and Orange pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,250
French Jug and Strawberries pigment and oil on canvas 41 x 35.5cm ÂŁ1,680
White Magic and Snowflakes pigment and oil on canvas 41 x 35.5cm ÂŁ1,680
Bottlebrush and Teacup pigment and oil on canvas 41 x 41cm £1,780
Garden Pears and Plums pigment and oil on canvas 46 x 56cm £2,300
Aquamarine pigment and oil on canvas 25 x 30cm £800
The Longest Day pigment and oil on canvas 91.5 x 101.5cm £7,200
From Studio to Shore pigment and oil on canvas 48 x 58.5cm £2,400
Tropical Pink pigment and oil on canvas 61 x 51cm £2,500
Summer by the Sea pigment and oil on canvas 61 x 92cm £6,000
Warm Sands, Sea Breeze pigment and oil on canvas 28 x 41cm £1,480
Cerulean Blue pigment and oil on canvas 61 x 71cm £2,800
Colonsay Colours pigment and oil on canvas 92 x 102cm £7,200
Between the Rocks pigment and oil on canvas 31 x 33cm £850
Early Morning Tide pigment and oil on canvas 30 x 30cm £1,200
Last Light pigment and oil on canvas 23 x 24cm £550
Love’s Labours Lost pigment and oil on canvas 20 x 20cm £780
A Midsummer Night’s Dream pigment and oil on canvas 20 x 20.5cm £780
Green Wave pigment and oil on canvas 20 x 20cm £780
Sapphire Sea pigment and oil on canvas 20 x 20cm £780
Fruit and Flowers pigment and oil on canvas 43 x 56cm £2,300
Batchelors Button and Bowl pigment and oil on canvas 46 x 41cm ÂŁ1,880
Oriental Orchids pigment and oil on canvas 53 x 43cm ÂŁ2,280
Fritillaria and Checks pigment and oil on canvas 56 x 43cm ÂŁ2,300
Wild Yellow Iris pigment and oil on canvas 41 x 46cm £1,580
Japanese Quince and Teacup pigment and oil on canvas 41 x 35.5cm £1,680
White Roses pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,250
Daisy Chain pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,250
Evening Glow pigment and oil on canvas 30.5 x 30.5cm £1,200
Jackie Philip, born in 1961 in Edinburgh, studied Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, at Wimbledon School of Art, London and at The Royal Academy Schools, London from 1978 - 1986. She attained a BA 1st Class Honours and MFA. Since completing her postgraduate studies, she has been painting full time as a professional artist and lectured in London, Florence and Auckland. Jackie has exhibited abroad and in the UK and her paintings have attracted widespread attention and can be found in both corporate and private collections in the UK, Italy, Barbados, the Americas, Hong Kong and Australasia.
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