Janine Baldwin original art

Biography

From early childhood, the natural environment has always been integral to Janine Baldwin’s life and this affinity inspires her work today. Janine lives on the Yorkshire coast and her work is a reflection of her love for her surroundings. 

In terms of translating this through a visual language, Janine’s interest lays not in expressing a literal representation of land and sea, but rather something of the physical sensory experience. She uses a gradual layering of colour, line and form to create her work, and oilbars are often used to bridge the gap between drawing and painting. Associations arise from the evocative colours and lines - a fresh green may remind us of new foliage in springtime, a round shape may recall pebbles smoothed by the waves. 

The images evolve as elements of previous layers of paint are omitted, or salvaged and re-worked. Janine feels that this is her way of responding to the transient, media-saturated culture we live in, from which we often absorb only partial imagery (and some is taken subconsciously). The result is a vibrant, rich (both aesthetically and texturally) and unique image. 

Janine’s influences include Abstract Expressionism and the St.Ives artists, and her work is a continual development of a personal and intuitive interpretation of the landscape.