EXTREMES AND INSTABILITIES
Janette Kerr likes a good storm - especially if it involves huge breaking, crashing waves. A painter deeply embedded in place, working at the interface between land, sea, and historical experience, she’s been called the ‘best painter of the sea in these islands’ (Brian Fallon, Chief Critic of the Irish Times).
‘..the energy in Kerr’s work reflects the power of nature itself, particularly with regard to her wayward scrawling, cutting, and dragging into her painted surface….’, (Ian McKay, State of Sea catalogue, Art North Projects 2020)
NEWS
Most of the work on my website is for sale - each image has details of size and medium and should indicate whether it’s in my studio or with a gallery. Please get in touch if you are interested in purchasing a painting or drawing
Current Exhibitions
I’ve recently delivered a group of new paintings to The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh and Clifton Contemporary gallery, Bristol. and will be popping over to Yell to deliver some more to the Shetland Gallery, next week (May 26th).
(Contact for these galleries is at the end of this section)
A stoor o’ wind, Brindister 40x40cm 16”x16 oil on linen, framed 51x51cm
A pure cold wind blows me half way there, Voe of Dale 30.5x40.5cm 16”x12” oil on gesso panel. framed 41x52cm
The Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh also has a number of my small paintings available - If they are not on the walls then please ask to see them! https://www.openeyegallery.co.uk/artists/54-janette-kerr/works/
Other projects:
I’ve been setting up a year-long Deep Mapping Project in conjunction with Walking the Land https://walkingtheland.org.uk/deep-encounters/
This is an intensive look at a particular place that will include geography, history, and ecology. Working collaboratively, but from different parts of the world, there will be periodic conversations about how we are each representing our piece of land, and ideas for shared activities. Each artist will walk the perimeter of their area, tracing the outline, recording what it contains using photos, words, drawings, maps, sound etc. Walking our chosen places, getting to know them, activities and engagements will develop gradually from a growing familiarity. And we will be playful in our responses!
14 artists are involved and we’ve just applied for some funding from the Landscape Research Group; fingers and toes crossed!
