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Jan Gardner

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Jan Gardner's work is inspired by my response to places remembered and imagined, involving elements from the natural world. The decorative content is intuitive and I love the process of manipulating the colours upon the surface. The mark-making, exploration of shapes and mixing the media offers less structured and melodic compositions. The imagined forms the poetry of the image; I like the experience of change and use reality to create the sequence through to the mark-making. The use of pattern, collaged like a jigsaw process, lets the colour and shapes make the decisions and can leave lines that contrast with the textures and solid colour. The final composition is always influenced by my reaction to the colours as they are applied, whether subtle, intense or exuberant. Recent exhibitions at: Manchester Art Showm MICC, 2005 Patchings Art Festival, Nottingham, 2005 Glansevern Hall Gallery, Benview, 2005 Focal Mix, Ruthin, 2005 The Chapel, Llangollen, 2005