Jan Jefferys

My work is an existential response to the Tasmanian landscape.

I usually begin by collaging my sketches (often plein air) onto either canvas or rag paper and then working the surface with a variety of media, mainly oil paint and oil sticks. My process is to explore various colour and textural relationships that might be exciting, harmonious, surprising, or moving towards a particular mood.

I often find myself in unknown territory and have to trust my instincts to find a way through to a resolution. My process is fuelled by a love of the materials and an ongoing desire to find and describe a place for myself within the wonder of the natural world.

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