About

Jean Bashford - Artist’s Statement 

How do I create my work?

A sense of a journey round the piece.  It comes from the heart - I literally feel, almost taste, what I am doing whether that is a line, a colour, a texture or spaces in between.  One piece often already leading to another.  I approach art in the same way I approach music- it is about emotion.  

I took up photography in 1985 and this helped to develop my observations and reactions to whatever catches my eye.  It has had a profound effect on my view of composition, balance, light and shade.

The pull of painting and drawing has always been there - I want to get my hands in and physically handle the materials. The tactile experience of the materials informs my senses and sets in motion a process which pulls out of me what I am thinking and more likely perceiving.