Whilst priming the board for my piece for the outside wall and thinking what to paint, I thought I’d just whack some paint directly on the wall. The ridges of glue left behind from the printed canvas on there before made a great texture for picking up paint and overlaying colours.
The result was a kind of Monet effect, until abstraction became an abortion! Classic case of of going too far and ruining it. This is what can happen when I don’t have anything in mind as to what I’m painting, I don’t take it seriously and get carried away, then attempts to rescue the piece only make it worse. Not the best method for such a public piece. Best get down there again tomorrow and do something with it.
It wasn’t too bad at this stage:
Jaxx experimenting on the outside wall of JAG Gallery in Brighton today.
The Brighton Artists Open Houses is coming to a close for 2012, this weekend coming is the final weekend. Sat 26th – Sunday 27th May
So if you’re on an art hunt, in the area or if you are looking for something to do, why not come and see my paintings ‘in the flesh’! As well as new works and recent commissions, I am also showing my Smartdeco Collection; affordable art meets bespoke products such as deckchairs, cushions and lampshades. These will be available to purchase along with prints of paintings at special festival prices.
For those seeking a stylish seating experience this summer and beyond, Brighton-based artist, Jacqueline Hammond has the answer to ‘sitting pretty’ without the need to visit a scenic location in person. Thanks to Jacqueline’s series of Smartdeco Deckchairs that reproduce her popular scenic artworks on to the canvas sling, people can enjoy the seaside, pastoral Spanish setting or country lane from the comfort of their own back garden or patio.Ram by Anvil Ironworks, Deckchairs by Smartdeco on the Fiveways Trail of Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Festival 2012 – Venue: f18 Anvil Ironworks, Fiveways Trail, 222 Ditchling Rd, Brighton
I am exhibiting at the following venues but you would like to talk about my work I’ll be at the Anvil Ironworks venue.
Anvil Ironworks creates decorative and functional sculpture, lighting, furniture and site-specific and architectural pieces. Enjoy refreshments in the garden among the sculpture and decadent deckchairs. Bringing the outside in, Jacqueline’s paintings will take
you to a number of beautiful landscapes, from the wildlife in the garden to the wilderness of Dartmoor and highly populated beach scenes. All overseen by an irreverent portrait of the Queen. Be sure to order your commemorative mug!
Anvil Ironworks is part of the Five Ways Open House Artists Trail. The venue is open from 11.00 until 17.00 for the following weekends – 5-6th, 12-13th, 19-20th and 26-27th or by private appointment. (f18 on the Fiveways Open Houses trail).
Exhibition of works by Jacqueline Hammond at the 2012 Brighton and Hove’s Artists’ Open Houses Festival – Venue: f18 Anvil Ironworks, Fiveways Trail, 222 Ditchling Rd, Brighton
Bus; 5, 5A, 5B, 26 and 50 Rail; Lewes line from Brighton Station to London Road Station or London train to Preston Park Station.
Fiveways Artists Group Trail area is east of Preston Park.
Open House at the JAG Gallery & Open Studios
Arch 283a Madeira Drive Brighton East Sussex, BN2 1PS
Jacqueline Hammond’s exhibition for Artists Open Houses 2012 at JAG Gallery, Madeira Drive, BrightonPainting by Jacqueline Hammond commissioned by fashion accessories designer Ethan K in 2012 to illustrate the Ethan K brand and heritage.
Jacqueline is exhibiting recent seascapes, the Acid Pavilion series and the latest decadent homewares products from her Smartdeco Collection. On display is her most recent commission, a very detailed street scene in 1940’s / 50’s Singapore for the fashion accessory designer Ethan K.
The JAG Gallery hosts avibrant community of professional artists who both exhibit and work in the gallery. The talented artists in residence work in a variety of disciplines, such as fine art, painting, illustration, product and interior design, poetry and writing. They are available for commissions.
British artist, Jacqueline Hammond’s studio overlooking the seafront at JAG Gallery, Madeira Drive, Brighton
The JAG Gallery is part of the Kemptown Open House Artists Trail. The venue is open from 09.30 until 18.00 for the following weekends – 5-6th, 12-13th, 19-20th and 26-27th. (k3 on the Kemptown Open Houses trail). For more details please visit – aoh.org.uk/home
Directions:Â 200 yards along from Brighton Pier and Brighton Wheel in the direction of the marina, on the left under the arches.
Take the Kemptown Trail with so many artist houses, studios and galleries showing the best original art, printmaking and crafts. Explore Kemp Town Village to the Marina, with JAG Gallery right near the wheel and return by the historic Volks Railway, all within sight of the sea.
Travel information:
Bus
1 and 1A buses Whitehawk > Mile Oak every 6 mins.
2 & 2A Steyning > Rottingdean.
7 Hove > Brighton Marina every 7mins.
14B Peacehaven > B’ton Station hourly. Sunday 14C Newhaven > B’ton Station every 15 mins.
25C County Hospital > Sussex University every 30 mins.
27 East Saltdean > Lewes Rd Sainsbury’s hourly.
81,81A,81B & 81C Goldstone Valley > Open Market via Freshfield Rd and Queens Pk.
From Brighton train Station the most frequent bus is number 7 Train/Walking:
It takes about 15 mins to walk from Brighton Station
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If you can’t make it down during the month of May you can still view and purchase my art from the following websites:
Calling all those art critics, curators and bloggers in the blogsphere who write about art. Can you help? Would you like to write about me?
I am trying to write a new artists statement / biography and finding it difficult. It’s that age old problem of trying to write objectively about your own work. I can write about the creation process and the work itself but to write a punchy and succinct summary about what I do is rather tricky.
If you write about art and would like to give it a go, I am offering a mounted print of your choice if I use your words.
I need 80 to 100 words to be published on my page (pictured below) in the new brochure for JAG Gallery In Brighton where I exhibit and paint.
Take a look at my websites to get a feel for the work I do:
They’re only sketches but I did them for HOUSE Open as part of Artists Open Houses in Brighton in May. The theme is ‘Hidden Stories’ so I started studying some old, fading photographs of my grandparents.
Seascape In Loving Memory of David Mars. Artist: Jacqueline Hammond. Dimensions: 1.2m x 2m. Medium: Oils
It was a lovely, intimate gathering at the gallery yesterday. Close friends and family of the client’s came to witness the presentation of the painting and to mark the day with a sense of occasion.
The piece was commissioned by a local lady for her son and as it’s now March it was a rather belated Christmas present.
But much more than this, the purpose of the painting was both a gift, and to serve as a memorial to his father, who sadly died whilst scuba diving in the Red Sea.
Although he had seen the painting once, he was overwhelmed at seeing the finished painting, it moved him so much he had to have a moment outside. His emotional reaction was obviously mainly due to the significance of the painting mixed with delight. I have never had quite such a strong reaction to one of my paintings, how amazing that a picture I’ve painted can truly move someone to tears. So this really is a landmark painting, as an artist, this is what it’s all about, I had done my job well.
When the client first came to me with the idea for the commission I felt honoured to be asked to paint a picture of such emotional weight and value. I also thought what a lovely way to remember and mark the life and loss of someone so close. I also felt I could empathise, having lost my father too, which reminded me I had previously expressed in this painting, also a seascape / sunset titled Moving on. When she left, we hugged and I knew this would be a special piece of work.
Somehow the of tragedy of losing someone so close to you and the highs and lows we experience when grieving, the way you learn to appreciate the beauty of life. Perhaps by expressing this in a painting that you will live with as you learn to live without them is a good way to mark these emotions. This might seem quite a responsibility to produce such a painting, but you know what, I believe it made it all the more enjoyable.
The initial stage of understanding the fragments of ideas for the scene that he had in mind got the painting underway. The process involved showing him a multitude of sketches and photos of the possibilities. Likes and dislikes, but one painting couldn’t include them all. Some aspects were very clear, there had to be a boat, which had to be to one side, and not too much beach, mainly sea. It was a process that evolved easily and I was left to interpret these pointers. For much of the painting I was free to ‘get on with it’ although somehow the painting guided itself and in some way I think it was visualised early on. I felt we shared the same vision for the piece. From his reaction yesterday, I reckon we did.
I really loved painting this piece, I became quite attached, it came from the mind really as I didn’t refer to any material whilst painting, without the need to look like somewhere or something, I think you become much more involved in the painting, only you know whether it looks ‘right.’
I hope I’ve made a special, beautiful place for him, to think, to remember, a picture to gaze at that brings comforting thoughts and memories of his father.
Seascape In Loving Memory of David Mars. Artist: Jacqueline Hammond. Dimensions: 1.2m x 2m. Medium: Oils
