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It was with a mixture of anticipation, curiosity and anxiety that I recently went to see Periodic Tales: The Art of the Elements exhibition at Compton Verney in Warwickshire.</div>
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<span class="s1">Periodic Tales explores science and art through a collection of over 70 artworks relating to some of the elements from the periodic table. The elements are all around us, from precious metals such as gold and silver, to those that are essential to human life like carbon and iron. As the curator of the exhibition, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, says we don’t often get a chance to look at great chunks of them outside of a laboratory. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Why my anxiety? Well, I’m currently working on my own artistic interpretation of the periodic table. I’m creating a series of 92 paintings, each inspired by one of the naturally occurring elements. So when I heard about the exhibition I was intrigued, but also worried that my concept wasn’t original and that I’d been beaten to it.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">After some introductory explanations, one of the first things you encounter is a wall taken up with <i>Quattro Formaggi II</i>. Simon Patterson’s portrayal of the periodic table in white ceramic tiles playfully associates each chemical symbol with a famous person. For instance, Kr is Stanley Kubrick, Lu is Lulu and Cu is John Thaw - you work out why. We revisited this concept later on in the lab handling area where we made confectionery associations with the chemical symbols including: chocolate limes (Cl), crème eggs (Ce), fruit salad (Fr), parma violets (Pm), rhubarb and custard (Rb). </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Cornelia Parker has more than her fair share of the exhibits. Her intriguing <i>30 pieces of silver</i> consists of mechanically flatten silver plated tableware, hung from the ceiling they take on the appearance of shiny, suspended silver puddles. I liked her <i>Explosion drawing</i>, a three-layered composition made from the ingredients of gunpowder (charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre). However, I was decidedly unimpressed by <i>Stolen thunder</i>, which amounted to little more than a series of framed dirty handkerchiefs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Chlorine</b> by Cherrie Mansfield<br />
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<span class="s1">My friend and I stopped to admire John Newling’s wall-mounted <i>Value; Coin, Note and Eclipse</i>. This narrative series of 27 pieces made from well-preserved, pressed kale leaves and gold leaf, progresses from organic forms of kale through to more manipulated varieties and then manufactured notes and coins. I know I’ll reflect on this work again when I come to create my own take on gold. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I found Marc Quinn’s depiction of mercury in <i>The Etymology of morphology</i> was beguiling and disturbing, taking the form of beautiful, large silver droplets as though a human figure had been spilled onto the gallery floor. This contrasted with Antony Gormley’s more angular <i>Fuse,</i> a multi-facetted cast iron figure prostrate on the wooden floor symbolising rust and decay.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Iodine</b> by Cherrie Mansfield<br />
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<span class="s1">My own artwork usually features strong colours, so it’s no surprise that I was attracted to some of the more vibrant works. My eyes feasted on Roger Hirons’ <i>Nunhead</i>, a mass of vivid blue copper sulphate crystals encrusting an old engine. I think my own interpretation of copper will be a little less flamboyant. One of the oldest exhibits, a cobalt blue glass Roman model of a cargo boat dates back to AD1-50, when glass was traded as a valuable commodity. Its more contemporary neighbour, <i>Blue Moon</i>, is a small lake of deep saturated blue glass in a rather ugly plaster cast. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Things took a more sinister turn in a darkened room containing three models of nuclear power stations and an antique chandelier, both made with uranium glass. Ostentatiously titled <i>Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nuclear Nations, </i>the latter was conceived by Ken + Julia Yonetani in response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. Lit with ultra-violet light the glass beads glowed a fluorescent green, providing a haunting reminder of the destructive nature of some of the elements.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My favourite piece is more down to earth. The name of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/comptonverney/posts/10153205566615886"><span class="s2">Annie Cattrell’s carbon sculpture</span></a>, <i>18%, </i>is<i> </i>derived from the proportion of the human body that is composed of carbon. It’s a perspex column filled with striking, undulating layers of black, grey, brown, ochre and white sand-like material. I loved its abstract forms and discovering that it has been created from dust collected from Compon Verney’s grounds and the homes of some of its staff – including house dust, pencil shavings, burnt wood, coal ash and pet hair.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The Periodic Tales exhibition is accessible, engaging and educational, without being overwhelming. There’s a diverse variety of work well laid out in several galleries allowing viewers space to contemplate each piece before moving onto the next. I think it does achieve its aim of bringing the elements out of the classroom or chemistry lab and showing how they are part of all of our lives. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">As for my anxiety, it is gone. There are only a handful of paintings in the exhibition and less than 20 elements featured. There were no attempts to tackle the less well-known elements, like dysprosium, hafnium or promethium, so I guess that’s down to me. I came away with a few ideas and a renewed motivation to crack on with The 92.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The exhibition runs until 13 December. You can find further details and watch a short film about it <a href="http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/events/448/periodic_tales_art_of_the_elements.aspx"><span class="s2">here</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Written by Cherrie Mansfield, </span><i>Origin Arts Artist</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">Nickname:</span></b> Struth, Ruthie and Dorey (due to my lack of memory!)</div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">About you: </span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am a very proud Mum of my 3 wonderful grown up children. I have a fabulous husband called Dave and the most ugly cute dog called Sweep.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am a true enthusiast for V.W beetles and camper vans, as you will see in some of my work. This was triggered after watching the film Herbie. I like to think that my Beetle has a mind of his own.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I absolutely love painting and have begun to spend a lot of my time advancing with my art work. I also like to keep fit and enjoy precious time spent with family and friends.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am a Christian and since I began my art classes I have really looked at Gods amazing creation. To attempt to capture any part of it in a painting is both a privilege and daunting. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I love walking my dog and Dave and I often take him on longer walks at weekends, when we can. Sweep is my most constant companion and very precious as I am often at home alone now that the children have grown up and Dave works away from home a lot. You may see sweep in some of my paintings.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My favourite times are when all the family are together and we play crazy games, chat, watch films and there's usually a few tricks played on people!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am a fun loving, far too open, caring love bug and enjoy a party. I also love the sun and regularly get my batteries charged by going to our beloved North Cyprus, with friends and/or family. The sun and bright skies renew my energy and I do love a tan.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have a problem remembering things as I have M.S. It is frustrating but sometimes useful. I am going to tell you my most recent ridiculous performance. I was on holiday with my husband, which is very relaxing, each night we were lucky enough to go out for a meal. On one particular night, as I walked to our first floor apartment, I noticed that the lady who lives beneath us had changed the things she had by her door. Then as I passed her balcony, I saw a lot of people were gathered there. This was strange as she doesn't really have people gather at hers. I started to go up the stairs, when I realised the steps were yellow and ours are blue… I then realised that my lovely husband had parked in a different place to usual without me realising. When I got into our apartment I asked Dave why he didn't say anything, he just said "I wanted to know how far you'd go before you realised”.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have always liked Monet and wanted to be learn how to water colour paint, so that I could attempt something similar to his work. I soon discovered that I am far too much of a control freak for water colour.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I was inspired by Susan Entwistle after seeing some of her work displayed in a garden centre. Her work is all done in pointillism, which is a style I have used in some of my work. I found this was an easier way of finding what works for me and gave me the confidence to then attempt more complex work such as animals and figures. For some reason, I found it easier to paint in dots, than painting brush stokes. Mind you, this is when the tremor that comes with M.S. helps!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It is beneficial to me to spend some time being still, which is something I am not at all good at. When I sit down with my paints and go into my imagination time just disappears.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I often embellish my art, partly because I think it adds a different dimension to my work, but also because I often have tremors in my hands which makes painting details difficult. The embellishments are a way of adding detail without quite as much precision required.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have a lovely studio in our garden built by Dave, which even has electricity and a wine fridge! It's a lovely, peaceful place to be and hours slip away when I'm in there.</span></div>
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Many artists do things different ways but we believe that this list of 10 things are quite common amongst many artists we've met. Please comment if you have any other suggestions.</div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Occupation:</span> </b>Strategy and Performance Manager at Wychavon District Council and artist. I’ve not got the balance right between the two yet. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">What makes you laugh?</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The antics of our two cats, Sid (short for Obsidian) and Sweet Pea. They’re adorable and mischievous - nibbling at the parmesan as soon as our backs are turned, trying to liberate crisps from their hiding place, climbing into kitchen cupboards and the washing machine, swiping my husband on the head when he’s loading the dishwasher and sitting on anything we’re trying to give more attention to than them.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It was September 1996, in Chiapas state, Southern Mexico. I was travelling with four friends. Two of them were due to fly home that day, the rest of us were staying on for another week. Having set off early and driven for several hours in our hired car along winding roads, up through steep jungle-covered slopes, we decided to take a break to stretch our legs and change driver. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The ideal spot was a lay-by just off the main highway at a place called La Silva Negra (the black jungle) overlooking the valley below. Whilst we took photos of the view, one of the guys went off for a pee. The next thing we saw was him walking gingerly backwards up the path facing two masked men. Dressed in camouflage clothing and black balaclavas, they were carrying three guns: two rifles and a revolver.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">They backed us up to the wall and gestured to us to put our hands up. They were clearly young and nervous which did nothing to ease the tension we all felt. I was envisaging newspaper headlines at home: “Five murdered in Mexican jungle”. At least they could only shoot three of us at once!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As armed robbers go, they were relatively polite, returning our passports and leaving us with some money. They dragged my boyfriend’s backpack out of the car first. They were about to turn back for another when they realised it would take both of them to lift the first one. They dragged it off to the forest leaving my boyfriend wondering what he was going to wear for the rest of the trip. A quick hand movement was all the encouragement we needed to get back into the car and onto the road.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Just as we were leaving the small town about 15 minutes down the road, the brakes on the car failed. We limped back to the garage we had just filled up at and explained we had problem with ‘los frenos’. It didn’t take long to figure out that we didn’t have any brake pads.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Two near death experiences in half an hour were quite enough for us all, so we abandoned our hired vehicle in favour of two taxis. None of us wanted to hang around so close to the scene of the incident, besides there was a plane to catch and some of us had to go in search of pants for my boyfriend!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Snakes. Not just the nasty poisonous real live ones. My phobia extends to pretty much every form of snake you can think of – stuffed, toy, photographs, on TV and in films. I can just about cope with cartoon snakes in kids’ books if they’re not too life-like. And the weird thing is that if there’s even a hint of a snake in a shop window, magazine or on the TV I’ll be the first to see it. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Favourite Artist:<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span class="s1">There are quite a few. I’m particularly excited by some of the artists who were part of the ‘St Ives School’ in the 1950s, among them Sir Terry Frost, Patrick Heron and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Barns-Graham’s silk screen prints are magnificent. Frost was prolific, producing such exuberant and joyful paintings, collages and prints. If he was still alive I’d do my level best to meet him. I recently met his grandson Luke who led a course I took at Newlyn School of Art. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Then there’s John Hoyland. Author Andrew Lambirth describes his work far better than I can: “pictures which inspire the spirit, which liberate and fire the imagination. He describes imaginary worlds ... and encourages us by the beauty and effervescence of his colours to respond to them and contemplate their meaning.”</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Henri Matisse must get a mention too. I like his paper cut-outs the most. He developed the technique further, using it to design the unique <span class="s2">Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence</span>, in response to the gratitude he felt towards his nurse Monique Bourgeois in the final years of his life. It is a profound space, combining the artistic and the spiritual.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Ooh, and I nearly forgot Jackson Pollock. In terms of living artists, then it’d be Neil Canning, Barbara Rae, Tom Hughes, Antony Gormley and sculptor Edward Baldwin, who I shared an exhibition space with a couple of years ago. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I grew up in Horsham in West Sussex, where my parents still live. On my first day at primary school I expressed my creativity by scribbling on another child’s piece of paper! There was also a sweet stealing incident, but we won’t say any more about that except that I am still a sweet lover and get very excited by old-fashioned sweet shops.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I studied geology and environmental biogeochemistry at universities in the north east of England. When my first job after university proved to be uninspiring, I threw myself into campaigning with my local Friends of the Earth group and then left to go travelling in South America. I’ve been back there since because my brother, Paul, now lives in Chile. I’ve also travelled in Europe, Central America, Nambia and Vietnam. In 1998 I was awarded a Millennium Fellowship to participate in an Earthwatch project in Sri Lanka, studying the social behaviour of toque macaque monkeys.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I live in Worcester with my husband, Peter and the aforementioned cats. Peter’s an excellent cook so I am very spoilt. He’s also an occasional collaborator in my artwork – cutting, sticking and framing, otherwise everything would be crooked! He also claims he’s my agent, but let’s just say he’s not really doing much to earn any fees. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I volunteer for St Paul’s Hostel in Worcester and I’m passionate about social justice issues like climate change, fair-trade, homelessness and human trafficking.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Looking back, I think the roots lie in my childhood, which was both creative and colour-filled. Despite growing up in the ‘70s I don’t remember much brown, beige or avocado in our home. But I do still clearly recall many of the colours from my early years: </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I showed an early flair for drawing. One of my first pictures that attracted praise was a heron drawn in felt tip pen on shiny paper that Dad had brought home from work. We didn’t have a TV when we were growing up so had to find other ways to entertain ourselves. Whether it was colouring, copying Sad Sam pictures, painting by numbers with those ridiculously small pots of oil paint, making candles or performing home-grown plays with my friends in our front room, I usually had some sort of creative project on the go.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I studied art at school and created several unusual pieces. There was <i>‘Pollution’</i>, a painting and collage featuring computers, bits of litter and cigarette butts I’d picked up from the street. <i>‘Metamorphosis’</i> was a somewhat lurid construction made out of an old sock and <i>‘Rise and fall’</i> was a snakes(!) and ladders board created with paint and PVA glue mixes. Alas, I received little encouragement from my art teacher and after leaving school didn’t pursue art any further.</span></div>
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After university, frequent holidays to Cornwall reawakened my interest and inspired me to start painting so I went to evening classes at the local college. It grew from there really. I’ve continue to do short courses at the St Ives School of Painting and Newlyn School of Art.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My paintings are typically characterised by rich colours and strong textures, sometimes I find composition a little more challenging! I enjoy the freedom that comes with painting and the exciting possibilities that a blank canvas or board presents when I embark on a new painting. Sometimes I begin a new piece with a clear idea in mind, at other times colour is the starting point, and everything else flows from there. There are strong references to geology and the natural environment in some of my work. <br />
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<span class="s1">I'm currently working on an ambitious project to create a series of 92 paintings, each one inspired by one of the naturally occurring elements in the periodic table. From hydrogen to uranium, that's a lot of elements to get to grips with, especially as my knowledge of chemistry is quite limited. So I've invited friends and family to contribute to the project by choosing an element and telling me what it means to them to give me some inspiration. So far I’ve completed the five halogens and made a start on the lanthanides, so there’s still a long way to go!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I think creating art is as much about having the confidence to just give it a go than necessarily having all the technical skills or a formal art education. People often tell me they could never paint and that I’m really clever to be able to create what I do. I disagree and challenge them to give it a try. What’s the worst that can happen? They don’t like what they paint, throw it away and never pick up a paint brush again. On the other hand, they may feel the excitement that I felt as a child when opening a new tin of beautiful crayons or a bumper pack of felt tip pens in every colour, and end up becoming an accomplished artist.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When I first started painting I expected to create work I was pleased with every time and was disheartened when I didn’t. I soon realised that it’s as much about the creative process, or perhaps more, than it is about the end result. For every painting I’m happy to frame and put on the wall or share with others, there are several in the discard pile. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I’ve also learnt that knowing when to stop is vital. In many respects I’m a bit of a perfectionist, but that doesn’t sit comfortably with my style of artwork. It’s so very easy to overwork a painting and I often do. Frequent cups of tea are essential, providing a moment to take a breath, step away from the canvas and reassess. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Finally, I try to apply the principle that something is usually better than nothing. I often tell myself this when I don’t feel like going to the gym to motivate myself to go and do a short session. It is particularly important when time is limited and I don’t have the luxury of several hours or more to paint and it’s a principle I need to apply even more than I currently do.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Interestingly the work stretches over a number of years and it is particularly interesting, because of the long time scale, to see how Jackson plays with style. There are several pieces that harp back to days of country scenes with beautiful lights streaming through trees. However, equally you will find vast seascapes, bronzes and almost cartoon like acrylics. They all come together perfectly in the 'Place' configuration.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Many artists have tried to follow in Jacksons footsteps since. However, seeing a Jackson original up close reminds you why he can demand the price tag. There is such a versatile mixture of work matching the right strength of medium, colour, light and texture to each written piece. The artwork 'Through Brandon Woods' shows a dark melancholy, fearful remembrance 'loss and longing' as the writer, Catherine Layshon, says. Jackson's dark umber, greens and reds conjure the scene so well with layer upon layer of fine textured brambles.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I could, of course, be biased due to my love for him. If you wish to judge for yourself then visit the Kurt Jackson 'Place' exhibition in Bath. Follow the link <a href="http://www.kurtjackson.com/Place-2014.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to find out more.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09632009251120245574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678242961845015992.post-31947105159663596682015-10-08T19:00:00.000+01:002015-10-08T19:00:05.838+01:00Meet the Artist - Chris Jennings<b><span style="color: #073763;">Name:</span> </b>Chris Jennings<br />
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Being organised! Something that is regularly heard by me "I'm just going to... Oh no! Where are my paints, pens, paper, etc?"...</div>
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<span class="s1">I find that difficult to answer as there are so many whose work I greatly admire, contemporary ones such as Kurt Jackson, Claire Wiltshire, Amanda Hoskins, Maurice Sappiro and Ken Knight. Going back through time, though, I can't ignore Turner, Constable, Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Gwen John, Klimt and numerous others.</span></div>
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From childhood, I have always loved art: drawing, painting and just looking at it. I like to be outdoors, enjoying timeless, unspoilt scenery and vast skies. I appreciate the way that light changes the atmosphere and mood of a place. If you can manage to capture just a little bit of what you are trying for, painting can be really exciting. As an artist, I aim to continue to improve my skills, but I also want my paintings to say something.</div>
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When I was a little girl I would play with my crayons and paints. I'm still playing today and I think that's important, there's no point in art if it is a laboured chore. As well as my childhood play, I was influenced by watching Adrian Hill and Tony Hart on TV, often trying out projects for myself.</div>
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<span class="s1">Moving on to secondary school, I was fortunate in having an amazing art teacher, a gifted teacher of painting and drawing who really taught and art became my favourite lesson.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It wasn’t until many years later that I returned to art, taking mainly local classes in oils, watercolour, acrylics, drawing and composition over the years. I am extremely grateful for the encouragement and insights given to me by the different tutors of those classes. I started to attend the St Martins art class led by Becky Newell and this has become an important time for me where I can take time out and indulge in making art in an atmosphere of encouragement and (always) constructive criticism.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I love to try something new, be it a new medium or technique and I get very absorbed in looking at art, studying the work of many different artists.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Doing art changes the way you look at things, I could spend hours studying trees or clouds, thinking about colours, shapes and the ways that the objects in a scene relate to each other and continuously have a painting in my head to work out. I am inspired by many different things but always seem to return to the sky and sea, and their different moods, hoping to bring those feelings to my paintings and I think that somehow, whatever you're feeling comes across if you are truly involved with the subject.</span></div>
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I recently took part in an Art School held at MAC, Birmingham along with many other artists. I decided to paint on the theme or 'Peace' and what it means to me. As a person who sees letters in colours I choose to take the colours that I see the letters of the word 'peace' as and do a painting for each letter. Based on one of the most peaceful places I know, the Norfolk coast. When I see a letter in isolation it always has a colour.</div>
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These prints have been in an exhibition in Cambridge for a month and I have been chuffed to have sold some.<br />
Some of my 'Cat Portraits' were in the same exhibition, these were painted for charity, to help a project in Egypt which cares for children who have to live and work in Cairo Brick Factories. These are quite different to my usual work and fun to do.<br />
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Recently I have started to help Becky in the St. Peter's Origin Arts class and have begun to lead a small art club in central Worcester, it's great to be able to encourage others and pass on some of the things that I have learnt.<br />
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<span class="s1">I am constantly wanting to explore different mediums and techniques, art is so interesting! I've used pencils, charcoal, graphite, watercolour, gouache, oils, acrylics and felting.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I started oils many years ago by joining an evening class having a little exhibition in the local library. I find art where the classes were held and that was the beginning of my addiction.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Nickname:</span> </b>Bexter, Bex, Becky or MUUUUUM!</span></div>
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I once had to sing a solo to an audience - I was confident on stage at the time but singing, although I was trained, was not my first love. I was singing a beautiful song from 'Yentle' and the first verse went repeatedly “Papa can you hear me, Papa can you... La, la?”. I got up in front of the audience and suddenly felt this awful weight come over me - my heart started beating and cheeks suddenly burning. The pianist, a different one to the one I had rehearsed with, began. I started off “Papa..” And had absolutely no clue what came next. It was awful! I was forced to make the entire song up on spot in front of the audience. I can't tell you how many questions I asked poor ‘Papa’ by the end of my version! (Look up the song it's actually very lovely.) I thought I had vaguely got away with it when I got a round of applause and acknowledged with scorching red cheeks. However, a week later a bumped into the pianist when I was on the tube and he said “nice version of the Yentle song - I think you got away with it!” Cringe!</div>
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<span class="s1">Do you mean like a spider or on a bigger scale? I've learnt to get over my spider fear since being sort of trapped in a cowshed in the Dominican Republic with a roof full of tarantulas. Also, when you’re a mum you quickly have to become efficient with a glass and a piece of paper - I'm pretty stealthy with that now! Rather proud!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I became very ill in 2005 and it changed me entirely. I had possibly the worst migraine I had ever had and the day after my left side became almost paralysed, my speech slurred. I knew the words I wanted to say but couldn't say them! I couldn't remember basic things. It got a great deal worse, effecting my right side. I could only walk very short distances before it very slowly got better. However, I wasn't afraid. I have what they discovered to be Chronic Hemilplegic Migraine. It doesn’t sound very dramatic, I always think it should be called something far more impressive so that people realise the devastation it actually has on people's lives. For me, although it could have been devastating, it was more of a fork in the road between fear and peace. I walked down the right path, I think, and so fear isn't really part of my life.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Having said all of that, I absolutely refuse to ever do a bungee jump!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b><span style="color: #073763;">Favourite Artist:</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Well, it can’t be favourite artist, it has to be favourite artists. And that has to be inspiring artists from all walks of life. Such as God, He's pretty creative. Spirituality, as in the meditative sort not the judgemental sort, plays a massive part in my life. Love is at the heart of things for me. I think that's why I am drawn to the energy of the sea, you can actually see the perfection of the process of energy in a wave. I’ve gone off on a tangent - that’s not to do with favourite artists, is it? But I do think God is an artist!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Then there is Kurt Jackson. When I'm at the end of a piece of work, I look at his work and then think, am I actually finished? The answer is usually no. Jackson manages to bring freedom and lightness together in his work. He manages to make everything look beautiful - even road works! I could talk for hours about how inspiring his artwork is and the effect his has on my own work. As well as, how much I love just being absorbed into the images he creates. I will consider myself truly successful when I can buy a tiny Kurt Jackson piece for my wall.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Frida Kahlo - I love that woman. I just love her. Her passion and commitment, her unflinching honesty. I think that's what art is about, it's not about if you can draw well or paint ‘nicely’, a great many people can do that. You have to be prepared to examine your entire self. Live and grapple with question marks. Enjoy the philosophy of life. Be willing to be passionate on a canvas and be generous enough to share that beauty.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Van Gogh, I think I empathised with his madness! With his struggle with the church and his differing relationship with a creative God. I found his life story interesting and therefore enjoy his work.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Blimey, there are so many artists. Artists I teach everyday, people that I meet who inspire me in my painting one way or another. Painting, for me, is often about the thinking, or sometimes about actively not thinking! Lifestyle and stories are often as important and inspiring to me as the work</span></div>
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<span class="s1">However, if you were to ask me what I would hang on my wall? Kurt Jackson, every time.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I smoke and I shouldn’t. I'm constantly trying not to. I think love is at the heart of all things and laughter is the best medicine for anything. </span>I adore movies, books and going to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The latter probably being the only thing I'm really narrow minded about! I fell absolutely in love with the RSC when I was lucky enough to go there for the first time when I was 16. I was spellbound by Anthony Sher and the magic of pictures coming alive. It was enthralling to me, and still is. Living in the midlands means we are lucky enough to be able to take advantage of treating ourselves to the odd trip to The Swan Theatre. I could go on for hours about Shakespeare. I love Shakespeare by the way. I saw Mark Rylance play Romeo and Hamlet when I was 18, it was incredible! He is a truly inspiring, creative person. He’s someone who makes me pick up my brushes and paint! I'm a big fan of his artistic integrity.</div>
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<span class="s1">When I was growing up I wanted a career in Zoology, then for a long time I wanted to work in the special effects industry. It was a different age then and I was constantly told as a woman I wouldn't be strong enough to hold the cameras! Anyway, as a result I was directed to do backstage stuff so that I could get on courses at the BBC etc. for effects. Going to the RSC was a life changer; I changed direction to drama. My art teacher was livid. I took acting as a serious career path for many years however, I am now glad that I didn’t continue along that path, although I have to say it was wonderful fun whilst I did it. I never see it as separate to my painting but rather as an extension. I worked with some really talented, creatively intelligent, thought provoking and, yes, down right mad people and they profoundly shaped who I have become.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Paul, husband, and Jemimah, daughter, are my priority in life. I feel enormously blessed to be rooted with them. They give me the stability that allows me the freedom to explore creativity and spirituality. They give me the confidence and inspiration that I can do things, even when my speech is weird and I'm walking wonky, they are always encouraging, honest and funny. They inspire me to be the best I can be. I feel absolutely blessed to be with Paul. When Jemimah came along it was life changing in a way I could not have begun to imagine. I had not imagined that that much love could have existed. She is inspirational in so many ways... and funny! So funny. She had to be really with a dad like Paul!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am an I.N.F.J (introvert, intuitive, feeling, judging), so introverted though no one ever believes me. I either do things with passion or not at all. For example, if I'm reading a book you won't get a word out of me; dinner will be late until the book is finished! Dinner gets burnt regularly in favour of a painting or project I'm doing elsewhere. I am immovable once I believe something strongly and feel injustice has been done. I am happy to join the protest and love to debate it with friends. My friends are my family. Rarely are my true friends left behind. I am enormously blessed to have a wonderful family of close, varied, challenging and colourful friends that support me, keep me in check and laugh a great deal with me.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">That’s like asking how did you learn to breathe! I just did. I found a water colour my dad had done when I was very small and asked my mum if I could copy it. To be honest, I just drew everything and painted everything all the time.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I had a strict watercolour background; my dad was a very good technical watercolourist and was pretty insistent I stay within the technicalities. As I got older I started taking photos. I would build sets and make models to photograph to create unusual images. I had a wonderful and long suffering friend Claire Frost who would let me make her hands up to make them look like they where zombies. I would half bury them and photograph them. I thought it was cool and deeply edgy. I was also very fortunate to have a great teacher at school who never gave out an A (although, I finally got one out of him!). He was extremely encouraging. Before that though, I had had a primary school teacher who had really valued creativity full stop and put immense value on those of us in class that where creative beings as well as those who coloured neatly. We did some great things with him; improvisation, art competitions and we even had a colouring wall for when you had finished your work. He believed in self expression and that was something that really stayed with me.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My whole pathway of creativity has been about telling the story of whatever question mark i am looking at. I have explored many mediums; photograph, theatre, writing and art - essentially painting is the glue that is at the core of all these things. It wasn't until I was a little more confident in my own skin that I could really start to develop my own style and find my own creative voice.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I started to play around with my watercolours, abandoning all techniques, sticking what I wanted on a canvas to make my point. At about the same time Paul took me to an exhibition and it turned out to be the first Kurt Jackson exhibition I was to go to. It was breathtaking and I saw that he was already doing what I had independently started experimenting with. It was so exciting to see the lightness of touch and the way he had used such immediacy letting the moment speak for itself. When I returned home I began again with renewed confidence. I haven’t really looked back since.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My work has been published in books, in magazines and on C.D. covers! I've exhibited a lot in the past, although don't tend to so much now because of my illness. I have exhibited in Birmingham, Cornwall and Worcester. It’s been amazing to see how my work has been received. My pathway through creativity makes sense to me and I’m grateful that I have been so fortunate to have had so many opportunities to try out so many expressions. I think it really adds to the way I approach my work.</span><br />
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Some of you may have already seen this on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/originartsltd" target="_blank">Facebook</a> but for those of you that haven't, here is some information about the Origin Arts Challenge and how to enter your work.<br />
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We want to have a bit of fun with this so we are welcoming anyone and everyone to have a go at the challenges. This includes anyone online that sees this (yes, even you), as well as the Origin Arts class members.<br />
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We would simple like you to produce one or all of the challenges and upload them to either <a href="https://www.facebook.com/originartsltd" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/origin_arts_ltd" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or Instagram (@origin_arts) with the hashtag #OriginArtsChallenge and we can hopefully end up with a little gallery of challenge responses!<br />
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<span class="s1">The composition is essentially (on purpose) very drab. It is helpful in your design work that you learn to take an element from one source and an element source from another and bring them together to help you create what it is you want to say. In this challenge you have been given your central image however you will need to mix it with your own images to really make the picture come alive.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Fur is always a challenge and now is your chance to experiment with which of the many ways you can approach it and find out what works for you. Don't forget that the brown folder I bring to class is full of helpful hints and tips. This project may even make a great Christmas card.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">This challenge is relatively obvious - two point perspective. However if you have already done the Porthleven challenge, which I recommend you do first, then you know you can do this! Two point perspective really isn't that hard - in fact I think it's much easier to grasp than our terraced corner in Porthleven! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Job 1) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Technician</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Usually with Emma, my daughter! Or with George the dog… The last funny moment was when I dropped Emma off near to 6th Form on her first week and just drove off to work. Didn't look back... And she had fallen over on her face! People stopped and asked if she was okay, not quite believing that I just drove off and left her with a red face and sore knee! When she told me I couldn't help myself but laugh, it was hysterically funny to me but possibly not to others!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Not the easiest of questions because favourite artist is dependent on different aspects. Frida Kahlo is an incredible painter of suffering and survival, but Jenny Saville’s application of paint is sublime! There’s Francis Bacon’s work of aggression and sexual angst and excess, and Grayson Perry’s take on humanity. Sorry, for me ‘favourite artist’ has to be fractured into different aspects!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am short and dumpy and dream of being 5 foot 4 inches and a size 8. Being short is frustrating as it’s difficult to tell your child that you are the adult when they are looking down on you. Growth has tended to be outwards not upwards! Have I mentioned that I enjoy wine? Which adds to the weight gain… so the dream of a size 8 is realistically staying a dream!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I attempt to walk the dog once a day, but Friday is the one day of the week where George is denied a walk as that is my one night without Emma and George. I race home from work, grab the wine from the local store, grab some food and then race to studio/office/bedroom to throw off the shackles of the working week and tumble into the mismatched pyjamas and get the paints out for a really lengthy painting session!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My attempts of being a parent are haphazard at best. No instructions popped out at the same time as the baby did, this is where God didn’t think the parenting thing through properly. I enjoy Emma’s teenage years as her way of dealing with any issues is to be quiet and withdrawn… until about 10.30 at night and then she comes into my bedroom and throws herself on my bed and vents. These interactions are on the whole very entertaining and once she has vented she is usually fine. I am exhausted, but content in the knowledge that she is feeling happier. Here is an example of one of Emma’s rants… on this particular day she had burst into tears at dinner and sprayed food everywhere! So I did think that that evening I would not have another trauma… I was so wrong</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Emma:<i> OMG!! My life is over! I am just going to have to become a prostitute, there is no choice!!</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Me: <i>Sooo...No University? Just prostitution... Ummmm..</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Me: I<i> have always said I would support in your choices in life, always! Therefore if you feel that your career path is prostitution... well... I can buy your first Red Bulb!!!</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Me: <i>Oh... So no prostitution!?! Well weighing right side Prostitution... Left side University....No contest Love!! Uni it is!!!!!!!!</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I also suffer from depression. This is frustrating as I struggle to function and at the darker moments I struggle to paint, but depression doesn’t define me. I hate being middle-aged and having to wear glasses; not being able to read anything without having to put the blasted things on drives me nuts! When you get to your forties having to wear makeup everyday just to look vaguely alive is just plain unfair.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am also a drama queen. I hate meeting new people as I don’t have any confidence, and my home is rarely tidy. I do try, but I think I have seriously pissed off the housework fairies because they never ever visit… actually I think George (Dog) has eaten them all!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I failed my Art GCSE and when I attempted to go to Art College I got turned down 3 times. Due to this, it wasn’t until I was 28 years old that I decided to try again properly. I had always dabbled but never succeeded to go further. Husband had left me with a gorgeous 14 month old baby. I did a 2 day life study course and I loved it! Once again I applied to College… And I got in to do a BTEC in Art and Design, which was hard to juggle. During this time I meet an artist called Bill Talbot. The first time I met him he was involved in a community exhibition in Ticehurst and I went to meet this amazing artist. As I walked into the hall, I realised my period had started (whilst wearing white trousers!). I rushed over to this chap and introduced myself, waffled at him at 90mph, escaped within 20 mins and left him stunned by this mad, red faced woman who sounded like she had taken speed! It took me another month to pluck up the courage to go over to his studio. Luckily, we became great friends. He taught me to paint in oils and then love of painting really blossomed for me.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I used to go over to Bill’s studio whenever I could. He just let me use his paints and brushes and canvases. He also lent me books, this was a wonderful haven for me. One day I went into his studio and there was this huge pot of brushes. Bill explained to me that the formal way, or rather proper way, of using brushes was something I could not grasp at all. So, he had gone out and bought me a huge set of brushes! I have never been allowed to touch any of his brushes again. The way I apply the paint goes against all the laws of painting, so all brushes are ruined within minutes of me using them.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I originally lived in Heathfield, East Sussex. </span>I moved to Worcester about 10 years ago to make a fresh start. I was lucky enough to be accepted to do a degree at Worcester University of which I gained a 2.1. I was then accepted to do a MA in Fine Art through the Open College of the Arts, an online correspondence course, which took 4 years to complete and that finished in November 2014.</div>
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