Jean Jewer
STATEMENT:
I am a painter whose imagery is based on the landscape. My work
is not about an exact rendering of a subject, nor am I interested
in recognizable shape. My art is based on collected experiences
and memories of having lived in such close association with nature….
Growing up in a small outport of northern Newfoundland has given
me a great love and respect for the environment and the ever-changing
drama of the land and the sea.
I saw how the earth is upturned and bruised by heavy winds, rain,
sleet, and snow. I remember how the ocean is constantly moving,
churning with activity, whipped by the weather. I spent hours watching
waves crashing and foaming on rocks. I still hear the sounds of
ice breaking up in the spring, still see the shimmering colors of
the waters in the summer winds — birds skimming sea surfaces,
pods of whales breaching, gigantic icebergs flowing by.
My artwork is a response to this natural world with all its beauties,
diversities, and hostilities. The paintings emerge like a performance
of nature itself… I pick, I scrape, I slash, and I leave my
mark on my surfaces.
Each painting is an “act of remembering”.
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