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Alison Jardine
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August
2010
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Transcendence
40" x 46"
oil on
canvas
Transcendence ~ click on image to visit Gallery
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This artwork is now available at Ugallery.com, and
the gallery chose to feature it on their front page.
Transcendence is a painting
about the translucence of sunlight as it meets the tree tops and
forms a border, an edge, a scene I find absorbing and meditatively
soothing. I built this painting in many painstaking layers
of glazes (thin, washes of color), and to ensure that the final
image had a sense of the depth of leaves and their movement that I
was observing in real life.
This is part of my Geometric Trees series, which was in part
predicated on the idea of the pixel, and by the realization that
many people experience nature and the world through a screen.
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Modern
Romance
46" x 60"
oil on canvas
Modern Romance ~ click on image to visit gallery
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This artwork is now available at Ugallery.com
Modern Romance derives as
all my work does from my love of nature. In this large artwork, I
find a contemporary way to bring a more historic style to this
genre. It continues my work examining canvas division, and rhythmic
pattern.
I was captivated by this tree near my studio, with the red blossoms
that sat like nodes in a web of silver branches. There are so many
subtle details in this work: the blossoms with their delicate
stalks and stamen; the glinting light that dapples the branches,
the movement in the greenery in the distance; the blue-white
shifting sky.
My style references the Romance period, although
the composition is entirely modern, hence my title.
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Mackinney Avenue Contemporary,
Dallas
On
The Edge ~ 8" x 10"
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This piece was shown and sold at the "Borders" show in August. It
was one of only a couple of pieces chosen to be reviewed by J
Compton of the Dallas Arts Revue:
"Not sure what the point is [in relation to the theme of the
show "borders"], but it works. Simple. Colorful. There's an odd
depth that flits from light and medium to dark and back that never
once interfered with my seeing. Like the subject has slipped the
surely bonds of pseudo-realism, splashed through a little high
color contrast abstraction, then eases back into whatever's left.
Artist's reality." JR Compton, Dallas Arts Revue
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Studio2Gallery, Austin,
Texas
Poet Tree Exhibit
Tree of Paradise, 36" x 36"
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Two pieces were selected for a juried exhibition at Studio2Gallery in Austin. The
theme was 'poetry about trees', and so my works were a very good
fit!
I enjoyed the opening reception, which featured great art and live
poetry readings. It was great to meet Tina Weitz, owner and
juror.
Tree of Paradise (shown left) and Summer Trees are featured there
until September 18.
After the end of the show, both pieces will be available directly
from my studio.
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Magazine
Features & Press
Write-ups & articles
Impermance ~ oil on board.
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I have been interviewed for several publications these past few
weeks about my art.
Sennelier Website
Sennelier were the paint manufacturers in Paris who supplied the
Impressionists. I visited their venerable rive gauche shop in Paris
earlier this year.
Ten Minutes with Alison
Jardine
Ennyman asked some more personal questions and delves into some of
the experiences that shaped me as an artist.
21 Artists to Watch on
Twitter
I was very flattered to be included in this list of artists.
Escape Into Life
This interview was commissioned and edited by Chris Al-Aswad,
founder of Escape Into Life, an astonishingly fresh and passionate
arts journal. Sadly, just a few weeks after our conversations,
Chris passed away. He was an incredibly talented young man, and
will be missed by so many people.
I painted Impermance
(right) after hearing of Chris's death. It is the start of a series
of expressive still lifes featuring broken glasses, and delving
into the effect of loss and grief on our lives.
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Find Out More
Me
and My Tree
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I use traditional oil-on-canvas techniques to render digitally
distorted and filtered images of nature.
My works often feature trees with pixelated leaves, forests in
infrared, and geometric snowstorms woven with fractal
branches.
Read more of my artists statement...
Contact me at alison@alisonjardine.com
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You
can find me on Facebook (Alison Jardine), my website (alisonjardine.com) or twitter
(@alisonjardine).
My email address is alison@alisonjardine.com and I look forward to
your mail.
I always enjoy meeting and talking to people interested in my art,
so please do get in touch if you have any questions, or would like
to make any comments.
Warmest regards
Alison Jardine
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Jardine. If you wish to share my artworks or text, please do so
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www.alisonjardine.com) as the artist creator and author.
For any commercial purposes, please contact me to receive written
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Thank you!
Alison Jardine
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