“I am enamoured by plants, they dazzle me with their beauty, I try to capture that. Flowers have to be painted quickly, before they wilt - but also to express their energy.’
Jessica is a painter, gardener and garden designer. Her art and horticulture are both fed by a searching curiosity and passion for plants and a love of colour. Her practice is an exploration of traditional oil painting techniques, the symbolism and history of flowers, with a romantic sensibility.
Growing flowers in her garden in the Blue Mountains, and painting them from careful observation, ‘from life’ (without the use of photographs) her painting has become part of a ritual of living close to nature.
She is a past scholarship student of the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and is a qualified horticulturist and garden designer. She paints in her home studio in the Blue Mountains, Australia, where she lives with her husband Tristan and their dog Basil.
Past Exhibitions:
Julian Ashton 9 by 5 Exhibition 2015
Julian Ashton Annual Teacher's and Student Exhibition 2015, 2016
Alliance Francaise de Sydney: Solo show 2016
Julian Ashton Annual Teacher's and Student Exhibition 2016
A.K. Bellinger Gallery, Inverell 'Inside, Out' with Vanessa Stockard 2017
Finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2017, S.H.Ervin Gallery
Finalist in the Little Things Art Prize 2022, Saint Cloche Gallery
BAMM Still Life Exhibition 2022
Solo Exhibition at Floral Ink, November 2022
Village Gallery Sutton 2022
National Emerging Art Prize ACB Selects 2022
Sketch Co ‘Gather’ Exhibition 2022
‘Bloom’ Weswal Gallery Tamworth 2023
Bowral Agency Art Prize 2023
Blackheath Art Prize 2023
National Emerging Art Prize ACB Selects 2023
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