NORTH STACK STUDIO

www.northstackstudio.co.uk

Holyhead Mountain

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Home and Studio of Philippa Jacobs

Studied at Epsom and Kingston Art Schools and the Royal College of Art, London. Main influence and teacher the Polish painter Marian Kratochwil.

Exhibitions: 1970 Fine art Gallery, Winchester, Hants

"Scenes from childhood"

1972 - 1990 Mall Galleries, London. Included annually in one

or more of the following Society Exhibitions:

Royal Oil Painters - Royal Water Clolour society -

Pastel society - Royal British Artists -

Royal Portrait Society

1999 Ogilvy Estill Gallery, Conwy

"Rhythm of Elements"

sea, sky and rock

2000 Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead

" Painting Poetry"

Exhibition toured to Conwy, Swansea, Petersfield

Allegorical work based on poems by:

R.S. Thomas - Dylan Thomas - Edward Thomas

(brochure available)

2003 Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead

" Painting Music & Colour"

Also toured to Theatre Mold.

Contrasting silver light of North Wales and

golden light of South of France, and relating

each to Minor and Major keys in music.

2004 Oriel Llyfrgell, Caernarfon, and

Canolfan Maenofferen, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

" Painting Still Life"

Studying colour and composition.

2004 Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead.

" 100 Drawings & Watercolours"

2005 Bangor Gallery

" Watercolours & Drawings"

2005 Maenofferen Centre, Blaenau Ffestiniog

" Three months by the Boka"

A study of colour and light in landscape, people,

and the transition of an ancient area.

Next major exhibition Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni October 3rd 2009

Private view 7pm October 2nd 2009.

Trying to explain:

I have organised a Portrait Group at the Ucheldre Centre for eight years. I do not teach at all as I find it difficult to be consistant with what I say to students when at the same time trying to move forward to improve my own technique. When people ask me what I paint I know that they mean - 'are you a landscape, or portrait or abstract painter'. I always answer that I paint ideas and leave it at that. It is very difficult to talk about painting, other than technique, because if I had a way with words I would write, as I haven't, I paint.

I am not interested in tonal painting or local colour. I leave that to photography. Nor would I ever use a photograph to assist me. I work outside and inside in equal measure but I have no interest in copying nature or commissions.

I think of myself as an abstract painter in that I select from reality and attempt to make it my own through colour, composition, and idea. Without an idea the technique has nowhere to go - with an idea I can work out the technique to express it. But to create Art it is necessary to keep the three main elements in balance, Idea - Colour - Composition. Each is as important as the other and if one is even only a little over emphasised then you lose the art.It is in the pursuit of the goal of finding the balance of the three elements in every painting that makes the task so difficult but a challenge I can not resist.