13 Jun — 20 Jul 2024
The Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery
A SERIES OF NEW DRAWINGS BY JASON WALKER
“Early in 2023 I began a series of drawings in response to the discarded object both natural and man-made, most I’ve happened upon, some have found me, and some have been gifts.
In these drawings I hope to describe the particularity of each object, to reveal something of their quiet beauty, and how, although still of themselves they have been altered by time and tide and now wear a new guise. It is their perceived insignificance their fragility, their permanence, and their resilience that captivates me, they are of us yet alien, they are our blight and at the same time evidence of our presence.
Most of the drawings were done in the evenings, often late into the night, quietly in my safe space far away from a world that seems to be spiralling, a world that at times feels too big for me. These drawings take time, and it is in the process, the reverie that I find catharsis, the temporality of careful observation and considered scrutiny, this ‘process’ is for me, a place of refuge.
I didn’t expect to be making works of this nature, it was never my intention to revisit the still life as a subject. However, it has been a while since I last made work and starting again with paint seemed too big a step, so my thoughts wrere to keep it simple, an object, some pencils, and some paper, and this small group of drawings is what came of that.”
All works are for sale – a price list will be available shorlty before the exhibition opens.
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MEET THE ARTIST
SAT 15 JUN, 14.00 – 16.00
Come along and have a glass of wine and an informal chat with Jason about his work
All welcome, free entry.
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Jason Walker is highly regarded for his sensitive portraits and his thoughtful depictions of everyday objects. His approach to painting is accompanied by a command of tonal values and refined use of colour, which both inform and give a subtle presence to his chosen subject.
Jason graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 1992. As well as a series of solo and mixed exhibitions, he has won prizes in the Discerning Eye Exhibition, the Hunting Art Prize and exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award, for the last 5 years. In 2004 he won the Holburne Portrait Prize and was commissioned to paint Glastonbury Festival founder, Michael Eavis. The portrait is now in the permanent collection at the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath.
In 2005 Jason painted the artist, Bryan Pearce; this portrait was given to the Truro Museum, as part of The Bryan Pearce Bequest
Venue: The Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery
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Open: TUE - SAT,10.00 - 17.00
Closed: SUN & MON
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