Artist Profile: Jeannette Edwards, DURBAN NORTH

I tracked Jeannette down through the means of another Art Website - often mentioned on this blog, Wippawool , and approached her to exhibit. Though Jeannette has been a visitor to the SmART exhibitions, I am delighted that she will be participating this time!!...

This intro, for info...from the abovementioned site

Jeannette lives in Durban and is a member of the North Coast Art Group, where she won the Group's Award for Best Painting in 2003. She enjoys both watercolours and oils.

She lived in London for a few years before starting a family and whilst there camped extensively round Europe. The varied scenery and galleries in Europe and the UK inspired her interest in art, but bringing up her two daughters took priority and it is only recently she has been able to concentrate on paintings. She loves depicting the beauty of the Greek Islands, having spent more than 10 years enjoying yachting holidays round the Ionian Islands. Travelling has made her realise how privileged we are to live in South Africa with its colourful abundance of wild life, birds and flora, and the awesome scenery. Being an animal-lover, and concerned that Man is destroying not only the environment but the animals we have been blessed with, has led her to try and capture nature through the medium of art.

Jeannette will be exhibiting 3 paintings and succinctly put into words, what she thought each one's emergent properties were....

1. ROMEO ARUM. - oil - 250mm x 450mm

I especially like the name of this lily - "Romeo" - proud and beautiful (and knows it!)

2. SPRING DAWNING OVER DURBAN NORTH. - oil - 250mm x 400mm

1st September this year dawned and I opened the curtains to an amazing sunrise.

3. EMERGING FROM THE ORCHID HOUSE. - oil - 750mm x 380mm

For an exhibition last year entitled "Colours of Life" I was inspired to paint the amazing plants in the Orchid House at Botanic Gardens.Trying to capture it all in one painting was overwhelming, so "emerging from the dust" of that work, I decided to concentrate on the beauty of orchids.