Caveau Gigondas by Jennifer Irvine
Jennifer Irvine
Jennifer Irvine studied painting at Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1978. She exhibits successfully throughout the U.K. and works full-time from her Glasgow studio.
Her subject matter includes townscape, seascape and still life. Her large still life paintings are very involved with pattern and shape and she has becme increasingly interested in the use of dramatic light and shade, as is evident of her oil paintings of French villages and Italian townscapes. She draws on the effects of sunlight on an object, be it on a building or on water. The sunlight theme continues in her emerging paintings of shadows in snow. Nearer to home, she spends a lot of time in Argyll where she paints the sea and the ever changing reflections of light on water. She works from her studio in Glasgow and also spends as much time as possible painting in Argyll. In the last few years she has also spent a lot of time in France, Spain and Italy where she has found much of her subject matter.
She has established a good relationship with several galleries where she exhibits regularly. These include Blackheath Gallery, London, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh and Falle Fine Art, Jersey.
She is also a regular exhibitor at the R.S.W. in Edinburgh and R.G.I. in Glasgow where she has won The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Award and also The David Cargill Award.
She is an elected member of The Glasgow Art Club where she has had several successfull shows.
Her work is in many private collections including The Robert Fleming Collection.
"Irvine's subtle depiction of light and shade and the patterns which arise from manmade structures and natural forms are delicate and beautifully realised"
