JANE HUNTER

“My practice revolves around themes of landscape, nature and place. A desire to explore, and speak intimately of, our deeply symbiotic relationship with the world around us.

Over time these explorations have moved and developed in my work, from detailed interpretations of maps and geology, to a profound enquiry into our sense of belonging and connection. Until recently this was viewed from the context of living in an urban environment I felt little belonging or connection to, therefore it was a deep, perhaps melancholic, longing that was the driver to these thoughts and that was often present in my work. Relocating to the Isle of Bute in the winter of 2022 I now find myself with a constant connection to nature; subtle shifts of light and weather, the rhythm of the tides and turning of the seasons, alongside an equally nourishing connection to my community here.

I stain canvas or paper with pools of diluted pigment, pulling and tilting them into shape, building layers of translucent colour which intersect and interact. A slow and thoughtful process, the time for each layer to dry allowing consideration of the next. Expressive marks and pattern etch memories of movement or time passed. A record of wanderings, of noticing, with the hope that by learning about, understanding and building connections with the natural world, and with each other, we foster a stronger desire to care for and protect it.”