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Mother Ocean, Curl Curl, Sydney – February 2017

This was a thoroughly enjoyable exhibition, firstly because it was combined with my eldest son, James’ wonderful photography, and secondly because my paintings were in a totally different direction from what I usually paint.  The Creative Space in Curl Curl, Sydney, is a large and beautifully presented exhibition space and we were able to use it not only to promote our paintings and photographs, but also to tell the story of the importance of saving our beautiful oceans and marine life.

For this exhibition, I had created a new series of paintings of Australian waves and abstract ocean patterns. This was a totally new direction for me – from the structural forms of European buildings (although usually wonky!) to the curves and exciting formation of waves and the ocean, not to mention a totally new colour palette.

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Art Weekly 178 – Along the Great Ocean Road


16th August 2017

One of my few paintings of Australian landscape – something I’m aiming to correct.  On one of our recent trips, we had a wonderful drive along this beautiful coastline. Nothing like rolling waves and gigantic rocks to get the juices flowing!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

Along the Great Ocean Road
Price: AUD$ 90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Art Weekly 174 – The Next Wave, Curl Curl

aw-174-thenextwave_curlcurl6th December 2016 – SOLD

It sure has been a while since my last Art Weekly, and as those of you who follow me on Facebook and Instagram know, I’m up to my ears in “waves” right now.  It’s only a week before we hop on the plane to Sydney, and with an exhibition in February, I’ve plenty to get finished in that short time.

My Sydney exhibition, MOTHER OCEAN, is scheduled to open on 1st February at the Warringah Creative Space, 105 Abbott Street, North Curl Curl. The exhibition will show my paintings and eldest son, James’s fabulous photographs featuring, naturally enough, the ocean and its surrounds. James’ photos are the subject of most of my paintings, so it will be fascinating to see them both on the walls. I hope if you’re in the area, you can come along and say hello to us both, and see my temporary change of direction. I’m really loving painting the waves, but next year I do plan on returning to exploring more abstract European scenes as well.

In the meantime, this long overdue Art Weekly is just a small version of what I’ve been immersed in.

I’m having a few intermittent problems with my email right now, so in case anyone wants to respond to this, and receives a bounce back, please try me on jackiesinfrance@hotmail.com. It does still work!

If you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

The Next Wave, Curl Curl – SOLD
Price: AUD$ 90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)

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Art Weekly 155 – The Wave

AW-155_The-Wave28th April 2015 –

I’ve always had a passion for waves, something we generally only get here when its stormy, and then the skies tend to be rather grey and forbidding.  I suspect the magic of waves has been tucked away at the back of my mind over recent years whilst I’ve been busy drooling over the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean. I love the movement and patterns created along the shores, though this can certainly be said for all types of sea and oceans.

Whilst in Sydney my eldest son, James, showed me some wonderful  ‘wave’ photos that he’d recently taken and felt I just had to attempt to paint some, perhaps in a fairly abstract fashion.  James and his partner, Danielle, spent a large part of last year travelling and filming around the Australian coastline documenting marine reserves and sanctuary areas. Take a look at their website http://bluebottlefilms.com/ for more of James’ stunning photography and their documentaries and videos.

I must have absorbed something of their enthusiasm for the sea, as I’ve decided that I’m going to immerse myself in a series of large canvasses with that theme, sometimes waves, or just capturing the gentle ripples of the Med. Its a wonderful feeling losing oneself in the formation and colours of the ocean!  I will pull myself back to reality for my Art Weekly paintings though!

If  you would like to buy this painting, please click on this link to my Art Weekly Online Shop, or if you’d rather deal with me direct, please email me at jackie@jackiesherwood.com.

The Wave
Price:  AUD$90.00
Size: 21 x 15cm
(Postage and handling included)