Jazz Green : Artist Journal

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about a cube and square

January 14th, 2010

I was delighted to read today that one winner of my recent Art Giveaway square collage postcards has very generously blogged about my artwork in his own art and drawing blog – I do not feel worthy of such praise, but the kindness of his acknowledgement is most flattering. I urge anyone passing by to read his blog for the wealth of art-historical references and for the attention given to the process of drawing as both creative practice and theoretical discourse.


collage postcards, 2009

On another note, here is another of my intaglio collagraphs on canvas, titled according to my colour value rules (although i decided to add the ‘red’ afterwards).


havana [red], intaglio collagraph on canvas, 5″ x 5″ x 1.5″

I was inspired to pay a short visit to the website flickr to view some photographs of the crumbling decay of the city of havana – a place that I can only dream of visiting – but another example of how some rules of chance can lead us to see new things.

Lastly, I am endeavouring to be more rigorous with using the appropriate capitalisation and punctuation from now on…

Edit: If you want to support, through charitable gift aid, the first aid and recovery effort after the shocking devastation and loss of lives in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, please see this page on the BBC news website for ways to donate…

views from the valley

September 22nd, 2009

coming up… an autumn art exhibition with seven other local artists in the delightful coastal resort town of Southwold.. i am exhibiting these four seasonal works… a bit of a rustic red theme…
small abstract painting in brown pink mustard ochre - for new art exhibition southwold september-october 2009contemporary abstract painting on paper - light blue, vibrant red - exhibition of new paintings in southwoldsmall original abstract painting - orange, black - local artists contemporary art exhibition on in southwold
[LXXVII, LXXII and XXXIV mixed media on paper, 20cm x 20cm x 3cm]

painting in exhibition in southwold october 2009
[rost ii - textural mixed media painting on canvas, 95cm x 95cm]

this art exhibition opens 24 September 2009 and runs to 22 October 2009 at the Mark Elliott Showroom, Victoria Street, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6JW (click postcode for the google map; it’s in the old adnams brewery shop, behind the famous adnams crown hotel)… this is a decidedly commercial setting for an art exhibition as mark elliot sells traditional bespoke handmade and designed furniture and sofas..

a new context for my work, as contemporary, modern art meets the sophistication of upmarket decor style… i rather like the timeless design of the felbrig sofa in a classic brown leather and i can picture the dark rustic hues of my painting rost above it… … there will be little excuse for not seeing a painting that matches the sofa, or vice versa…

aside from myself, jazz green, the other artists showing in this southwold art exhibition are… Noelle Francis, Val Lindsell, Diana McKenna, David Rock, Ian Scott, Tim Summerson and Dinny Turner

painting for Harleston Gallery Waveney Art Trail exhibition in south Norfolk - by fine artist Jazz Green
[edgescape rost...]

newly installed for the taster art exhibition HWAT 09 (opens 20 June 2009) at the Harleston Gallery in Norfolk… fellow artists Jane German and David Page hung the diverse range of work beautifully in the five gallery spaces… here, to the left and right of the fireplace are gesso panels by Dinny Turner, and on the right wall some driftwood sculptures and paintings by HWAT guest artist Derek Nice… and a nice leather sofa too (no relation)…

paintings - harleston art trail - artist open studios suffolk norfolk

[edgescape : rost; 95cm x 95cm including frame, gesso and mixed media on canvas]…

i was inspired to take another mission to mars (courtesy of NASA)…

a robotic lander, The Phoenix [as part of the current exploratory Mars Phoenix Mission], has been looking for more evidence of life on mars in the planet’s mineral-rich but arid soils… evidence of salt deposits suggests that there was once water and thus life on mars… i have been enjoying viewing the nasa images of this martian, desert-like environment, composed of expansive volcanic craters, craggy rocks, dry valleys and delta basins… it’s a bit frosty there too, not at all warm as one might assume.. the relative redness is attributed to the red iron oxides present in the soil, and many images of the surface of mars are digitally enhanced with false-color… the potential origins of life are there to see on nasa
so, why on earth do some people twitter on about eating cake (as nice as the cake may be) or whether or not to mow the lawn…?

nasa inspired me to do a miniature surveillance of the surface of my painting edgescape: rost

red abstract textured painting by Jazz Green - rost
[detail 1 of edgescape : rost]

harleston art trail - artists open studios
[detail 2 of edgescape : rost]

painting - part of exhibition for the harleston suffolk norfolk artist open studios art trail 2009
[detail 3 of edgescape : rost]

textured painting by contemporary artist Jazz Green
[detail 4 of edgescape : rost]

rost meaning a strong current or tide, the Germanic origin of rust, meaning red, rost is also a small crater on the surface of the Moon… Mars, known as the red planet, is not truly red… mars red, the whole of life painted in red… fire and fury, power, glory, blood and guts, of war and peace… the blush of ripening fruit, the rush of life, energy, passion, belief, resoluteness, and enlightenment…

edgecape: rost ii is on exhibition at the HWAT taster exhibition (opens this weekend)… and there’s a second taster to follow at the cork brick gallery (small-scale artworks)…

view my other paintings in the edgescapes series..