‘To distil the eternal from the transitory’
(Baudelaire)
A painting
contains magical and real truth and fictions. I am interested in
depicting the unsaid, the elephant in the room, what lies beneath
the veneer in the eternal drama and dynamics of family
relationships. My work explores the general experiences of
childhood, the formation of identity, the influences of beginnings,
the inherent humour and pathos of our lives, memory, how we believe
the myth of ourselves, and changing perceptions over time. For
example, what lies beneath the surface of an informal family
snapshot? What the photograph doesn’t say is what fascinates me -
the ubiquitous school photograph has many untold truths.
Photographs are an endless source of inspiration but only a
starting point. Through drawings I move quickly forward with my own
interpretation and the photograph is afterwards rarely referred to.
Distortion throws up grains of reality and lends irony to the
image. Through my ideas I learn about memory, human nature,
relationships, truth. Through my painting practice I aim to subsume
my knowledge of the visual language of paint. Jennifer
Sinclair 2009
Exhibitions:
2009 -
Interstice: Lost and Found, Gloucester
Building, Trafalgar Street, City College, Brighton
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2008 -
Twelve, Group Show,
Ada Street Gallery, Broadway Market, London Click to
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2007 -
Body of Work,
Lewes. Click
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2001 -
Open House Artists,
Brighton
1991/92 -
Rye Summer Show, Rye, East
Sussex