by Jean Hawke | Apr 22, 2016 | News
View most of the Riverside Paintings at the Crome Gallery, Elm Hill, Norwich. These were painted when the old riverside buildings were really derelict and in need of repair. They were former textile warehouses, a former paper mill, a converted flour mill and...
by Jean Hawke | Apr 16, 2016 | News
Watercolour and oil prints These started out as a way of obtaining an image of a painting that had been sold, but which was as good a copy as possible. archival quality in fact. They are supposed to be colourfast and last for 70 years, but I don’t know anyone...
by Jean Hawke | Mar 15, 2016 | Places
These evolved after Provence. Although I do sometimes paint small e.g. “fields at Itteringham” and “Cows by a dyke”, its usually in the studio with about 6 paintings on the go at the same time. The great advantage of “small”...
by Jean Hawke | Mar 15, 2016 | News
This is a favourite medium for me as it is so direct. A pen line is so immediate and positive (even if it is in the wrong place and unalterable). Nothing gets in the way of your response to what you’re looking at. Its a bit “seat of the pants” but...
by Jean Hawke | Mar 15, 2016 | News
Silk Scarves These started out from the idea of wearing a painting, something quite unique. “Why not wear a painting?”. Most of the flower paintings looked as though they might be reformed to make a square or rectangular shape, and it seemed to work with...