“For
me drawing and painting is about the interaction between the
discipline of observation and the spontaneity of mark making in terms
of my physical and emotional response to the subject”.
Born
and raised absorbing a spectrum of African colour, Antonia Glynne
Jones’ work, often abstract studies, characterise vision and
emotion, through a wealth of colour, vibrance and texture. Subjects,
often land and seascapes, are studied and primarily depicted through
multi media collage and oil paints, sometimes via mono-printing or
maybe pastels with their immediacy and impact.
Glynne
Jones’ work captures beautiful abstracted perspectives of
landscapes and seascapes, focusing on specific elements to create
drama.
“I
tend to explore places and landscapes, for example Cornish harbours,
from a flattened aerial perspective with unusual colour schemes. A
number of years ago, I took a small plane flight around the island of
Menorca (where my parents then lived) and these views inspired me,
whereas up until then, from an artistic point of view, the island was
almost too pretty. I like some grittiness in the landscape, some
man-made aspect, for example. When working on Cornish views, usually
it is part of the man-made harbour that is the main focus or perhaps
a dredger, or the large working boats in Penzance harbour. Whatever
“it” is that inspires me, I need to have a strong emotional
response to “it” – even if it is dislike.”
With
a BSc Hons in Psychology from Bristol University, Glynne Jones went
on to obtain an MA in Printmaking and Professional Practice with the
University of Brighton and the London Print Studio. Additional
artistic
training followed in Britain, with Oliver Bevan in London, Roy Ray at
the St Ives School of Painting, as well as internationally, with
time
spent living, working and travelling across Africa, Italy and Menorca
– all presenting diverse and plentiful geographical motivations and
inspirations for her work.
“Colour
is my primary consideration after the “it” has been drawn and
processed etc., and the colours used are often at odds with the
subject but in tune with my emotional response to the subject. A
series of the same “it” are often in completely different colours
to give different feelings to the subject.”
The
St Ives artists have and still influence Glynne Jones a great deal,
in particular Peter Lanyon’s aerial work. In addition, Mark Rothko,
Hughie O’Donoghue, Ashley Hanson, Karl Weschke and Craigie
Aitchison are artists that have inspired.
Antonia
Glynne Jones has established her presence across the UK, exhibiting
extensively since 1990, with involvement in shows including The
Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries in London, the ING Discerning
Eye Exhibition, London in 2016, 2017 and 2018, the Bath Open Art
Prize 2018 and Claydon House, Landscape Exhibition 2019. She intends
to extend these successes to more global territories.
See
some of her work at: www.antoniagj.com
