Jane Askey

My paintings explore contrasts: the broad painterly sweep of the sky and the sea against the specific drawn details of human habitation. I often search for an elevated viewpoint to observe the order and structure of the man-made within the landscape, combining contrasting approaches of fluid gestural mark making and specific linear details. Certain landscapes I return to again and again, finding new ways to interpret and reinterpret the key elements that make that place special.