| Monday, 2nd January 2012 | to | Tuesday, 31st January 2012 |
A new exhibition of cow paintings by Somerset artist Alison Jacobs. Having worked for many years in London as a graphic designer Alison has returned to the countryside to rediscover the rural landscape and environment which is now an important influence on her work.
Alison paints mainly in acrylic, painstakingly applied in many thin layers to achieve the clean, modern look with the detail she desires. She endeavours to render realistic looking animals and avoids giving them human traits. Alison explores ways of representing animals in a natural and engaging way to help the viewer feel they could almost be part of that moment. The animals are removed from the landscape to echo society’s disassociation from food production and working animals.
Alison was a prize winner at The Atkinson Gallery Open Exhibition at Millfield School in 2007, the Bockingfords postcard competition 2009 and was the People’s Choice at The Bath and West Show Open Exhibition in 2009 and 2011. She is a member of Somerset Art Weeks, Gallery4Art group and The Chandos Society.
Paintings are available to view and for sale, open to the public, free entry to exhibitions during normal box office hours and during evening performances.
For more information on the artist go to www.alisonjacobs.com
Tickets cannot be booked online for this event