Jayne Hutchinson Raine

I produce work inspired by my life in the North. From places visited, people and animals met, stories shared, and history and culture enriched in this, a celebration of that North.

 

I work from subjects that I love. The landscape and animals that are part of my life: from my home at the edge of the Wolds, over the moors and hills to the sea's edge. Combined with memories of my family and friends, the history and traditions that enrich my life and fuel my work. I incorporate images of my surroundings to invoke a strong sense of place. This is where I am.

 

Varying in scale I mostly work in pencil, watercolour paint and linocuts, but this year I have begun to work more with printed images, using collographs and dry point prints on paper.

 

I like to work outside, recording what I see through paint and pencil in sketchbooks and through photographs to capture what I have seen, heard and felt. From these observations I then work in my studio at home to visually capture my findings.

 

My practice is based around my life in the North and a remembered landscape that I am pleased to be able to share through the Open Studio experience.