JEN OLDKNOW | CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PAINTER

B. 1975, Lincolnshire, UK 2010, Diploma in Drawing & Painting, London Art College Studio in Derbyshire, UK

Abstract painter exploring the intangible dimensions of human experience and emotion through colour and intuitive gesture, transforming the inner landscape of personal experience into an evocative visual language.

‘Something Intangible, Something Shared’; Jen Oldknow in conversation with A’Dora Phillips for the Vision & Art Project. Read here

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Dedicated to my work as a painter, I work every day in my Derbyshire studio, in the heart of England. Diagnosed with macular degeneration in my twenties, which should perhaps be devastating to a visual artist, only serves to make me a stronger artist, more clearly focused on my sources and methods of expression as I transfer my attention from the exterior world to the interior existence of human life.

I create from a place of personal connection and experience, seeking to visualising the intangible; explorations of the inner landscape of human experience, feelings, and emotions expressed in a language of colour and intuitive gesture marks. I continually ask questions of both myself and the materials I use, in response to issues that cannot necessarily be seen, yet are shared by all. My aim is not to offer an explicit answer, but to entice the viewer I into conversation, to glimpse the shared world beyond themselves, with a meaning deeper than words.”