Jackie Gwyther
Jackie Gwyther is an Oil Painter specialising in Botanical art and Portraiture, based in Sevenoaks, Kent and a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists.
MessageJackie Gwyther is an oil painter based in Sevenoaks, Kent, and a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. She has exhibited in London and the South-East.
Following a career in science, with a PhD in Molecular Immunology, an access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design) in 2011 from UCA Maidstone led her to a Foundation Degree Arts with Distinction from Greenwich University in 2013. Since then, she has continued to develop and refine her observational and technical oil painting skills through courses at Heatherley’s, the Art Academy and by attending weekly portrait painting classes.
She has exhibited with the Society of Botanical Artists, the Royal Society of British Artists, The Society of Women Artists, The Kent Painters Group, The Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum, The Stone Street Art Group, Art in June and Southeast Open Studios.
In 2022 she was long-listed for the Jacksons Painting Prize and was short-listed for the Visual Art Open Prize.
Statement
I am an oil painter of Botanical Art and Portraiture, and a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. With a scientific background, I have an observant eye and attention to detail and create beautiful, optimistic, and delicate paintings.
For me, Botanical Art is all about the effect of sunlight on plants. A particular quality catches my interest, be it the intriguing light playing over the leaves, the negative shapes drawing me in, the decorative shapes of shadows or the translucency of leaves against the sky. I endeavour to elevate plants by capturing these moments of radiance in my paintings. My subjects are varied and ranging, from shiny laurel leaves, to decomposing hydrangea petals to common weeds. My daily country walks give me time and space to notice and relish the subtle beauty of plants, whose aesthetic qualities are often disregarded by the passer-by.
In my portraiture, I aim to create sensitive portraits with subtlety of expression and accuracy of representation.
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