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September 5th, 2012

today, about five minutes before the deadline, i handed in two paintings for the annual Halesworth Gallery Open exhibition. below are some photographs of one of the paintings – it is #118 in the catalogue, so there are at least 118 artworks in this art exhibition…

shades of grey is one of a series of small paintings on wood, (wood that I found abandoned, lying on the road), and these paintings developed as ‘incidental paintings’ – using left-over paint from other painting activities – incidental in the slow making of them and in the textural patina and surface qualities. the loose formation of blocks and grids echo aspects of the local farming landscape – in agriculture, machinery and architecture.

shades of grey, abstract painting on wood

[shades of grey, detail]

shades of grey, abstract painting on wood

[shades of grey, detail]

shades of grey, abstract painting on wood

[shades of grey, detail]

shades of grey, abstract painting on wood

[shades of grey in shades of grey, acrylic on reclaimed wood]

for the halesworth gallery open exhibition, every artwork submitted is exhibited (amateur of professional, paintings, prints, drawings, photography and 3d work) and this established annual event raises much needed funds to support the running of the gallery. it’s a very lively & eclectic art exhibition (expertly curated and hung by the gallery team) – do try to visit if you are in this rural area of suffolk. the exhibition is open daily, from 8th to 26th september 2012.

the small market town of halesworth is located a few miles west of the A12 – click here to see the gallery’s location on google maps. please note, there is no car parking at the gallery – park on the market place, which is only two-three minutes away, dependent on how fast you like to walk! please ring the gallery beforehand on 01986 873064 if you have mobility issues, as the gallery is situated on the first floor of a very old almshouse building and access is via a staircase.

Halesworth Gallery Open exhibition
8 – 26 September 2012

Steeple End, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8LL
Opposite St. Mary’s Church
Open Weekdays and Saturdays 11am – 5pm, Sundays 2 – 5pm

June 24th, 2012

abstract painting - blue, brown, grey

a blue, brown and grey ‘lost and found’ decay painting (detail)

abstract painting - brown decay

a coppery brown ‘lost and found’ decay painting (detail)

brown and grey paintings are quite difficult to sell apparently – probably even less so when they are about decline and decay.

so, my advice is don’t try this at home, as it will only make you miserable and poor (unless you are already quite wealthy and content with life – in which case it will be much more of a novelty).

i think i need to live and work somewhere else…

[artist studio]

[decay]

[works in progress]

June 5th, 2011

in december 2008 i wrote i had started some incidental abstract paintings on some scavenged pieces of wood, surfaces that have been gradually built-up, partially obscured, then revealed, slowly reworked & edited over the course of about two years. it was never my intention to finish these paintings in a week or a month – painting them has been a slow, drawn-out process, as i added some colour here and there and then left them for quite a while, before attending to them again, effectively lost then found again – a succession of related ‘incidents’ contributed to the visual outcome of these paintings.

here are some surface details of one of the incidental abstract paintings

abstract painting - surface textures, orange, brown, grey

as ever, the colours are muted, faded… and the surface textures a little aged…

abstract painting - rough surface textures - rural industrial environment

drawn from hereabouts perhaps, in the rural/industrial environs…

abstract painting textures - chalky, bluish white, greeny-grey, earthy brown

a chalky, bluish white, a greeny-grey and a dark, earthy brown…

abstract painting - surface textures, brown, grey, stone

elements of stone, dark earth and slate grey-black…

detail of abstract painting on wood - eroded weathered orange, brown, grey

a slab of tawny orange, light grey and a thin brown stripe…

close-up of abstract painting on wood - grey brown texture

dark brown-black and a scrubby, scratched layer of grey-green…

the dilemma of having to give paintings titles, which should either reference the process or the subject matter… square forms, surface elements, hidden layers, interior/exterior, industrial blocks, stacks, containers, structures, doors, windows, walls, a flawed facade..?

this painting ‘incident‘ is called ‘orange slab, dark brown and various greys’, 30cm x 30cm, acrylic on wood…

Orange slab, dark brown and various greys - abstract composition, grid structure painting on wood - by artist Jazz Green
orange slab, dark brown and various greys, 2011

if these incidental paintings represent anything, they are another small record of my enduring fascination with weathered surfaces and the working dialogue that develops as i have created them – the slow emergence of a simple grid structure or rectilinear form, much influenced by the originating ground or surface (wood) – unlike say, the relative smoothness (or ‘not’) of paper or the regular weave of canvas (i like the texture & colour of raw canvas, but i seem to go to great lengths to deny its material existence in my paintings)…

some visual clues scavenged from the journal archive might hint at some of my surface influences…

photograph - weathered wall facade, wood textures - brown black grey

photograph - weathered wall facade, wood textures - brown grey

photograph of old rusty metal shutters - brown rust grey

photograph of rusty metal corrugated iron - brown blue grey

photograph of weathered wood - rust white crackled grey paint

photograph of weathered surface - decay white grey striations

photograph - weathered surface - decay green mould algae

photograph of rusted iron bars intersecting dark space - like a drawing

all images & text © jazz green 2005-2011

Reunion Refresh @ Reunion Gallery, 5 Feb – 22 Oct 2011
(incidentally, there will be two ‘incident paintings’ on wood in the reunion refresh exhibition)

HWAT exhibition 2011 @ Harleston Gallery, 18 June to 11 July 2011

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