Featured Artist Jeanette Jarville

Painter Jeanette Jarville uses bold line and color to create abstract and representational figurative paintings. View more of her artwork by visiting her website.

 

 

The majority of my work comes from my mind’s eye. Whether I am creating abstract or representational art, my work evolves from an inner place. I don’t have a predetermined outcome. The work takes me on a journey.

 

 

I consider myself mainly an intuitive figurative painter, but I also enjoy painting abstracts and semi-abstract landscapes. I admire both the old masters and modern works and have developed a style that combines classical techniques with contemporary elements that resonate with me.

 

 

I start with bold, fluid lines, often with a quick gesture charcoal drawing. Then I layer transparent, vibrant colours—balancing thin to thick paint—and finish with jewel tone glazes.

 

 

For me, the creative process is an expressive energy; a playful, mindful, exploration and discovery.

 

 

Figures in my work represent intimacy, love, intrigue and ambiguity. I enjoy weaving in stories that the viewer can relate to or expand upon. The titles I give my pieces are an important part of that.

 

 

I always knew I wanted to be an artist. I began selling my oil paintings at the age of eleven. I was awarded an art scholarship in high school and attended the renowned Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

 

I received four more scholarships for the work I was producing there and received my BFA in 1996. I also studied at The Weissensee Fine Art Academy in Berlin, Germany, focusing on classical oil painting, sculpting and installation art. To be able to study directly from old masters works in the museums throughout Europe was an amazing experience.

 

 

I have exhibited in solo, group and invitational exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Europe and China. I have had the pleasure of having work featured in The McBride Museum, The Venice Biennale, and published in articles and magazines.

 

 

I have been awarded nine public art commissions, The Mayors Award for Artistic Innovation, and placed third in the Masters Category in The Grand Prix Plein Air 2018 competition.

 

 

I now live and work from my studio in Crescent Beach, British Columbia, a small community on the West Coast, minutes from the Washington, United States border.

 

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