Latest Scratchboard Artwork - African Painted Dog
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What inspired me to draw/ paint this beautiful creature in Scratchboard and limited ink is that the simplicity of line drawing, which captured the soul of the dog, ensuring the magic of the animals is not lost.
The African Painted Dog is now critically endangered, are some of Africa's lesser known animals and certainly very misunderstood. They are only found in the South & East of Africa. This creature lives in an Open Range Zoo in Melbourne Australia - far from her home, the pack lives as naturally as they can in this zoo. |
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Coming in July 2018
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Scratchboard and Ink by Jan Lowe 2017
Malvern Artists Society
19th – 27th May – Members Autumn Exhibition Opening Fri 18 May 2018 - 7pm Won Best Painting - Other Medium "Old to Cecil"- won a Highly Commended Award at the 2018 Bass Coast Artists Society's Annual Easter Show.
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My journey: My painting are of places, people or animals that I have met during my travels. I love “en plein air”. My drawings and paintings are from freehand so at times a little quirky! My love is of all animals, either in the wild or domesticated; the stunning environment either created by man or by nature – the subject will attract me, no matter what it is. There is so much beauty everywhere, land, sea, waterways, storms, mountains, the vast deserts and the colourful skies and how beautiful are raindrops – WOW! The trees, sun soaked fields of pastoral land, the sunlight that dances on the water, walking around a disused factory site - seeing nature returning - marvelous shapes for painting, old barns - it goes on and on! Art to me is all about emotion & feelings. Take horses for example, they have 17 different facial gestures; and I have 5 beautiful horses, so to catch one of those gestures is just magic! I am mindful of what drew me to that animal, person or place, capturing the special memories, no gimmicks - just the subject as it is. I paint what I see and like, not for anything else, my depiction of the subject will not be perfect, it’s all about emotion, passion and respect for the subject! …Jan Lowe |
My Mission
My Mission as an artist is to tell a story! Express though my paintings, to reflect my emotion of my subjects as they embellished my memory. As an artist, my paintings reflect what I see; the environment, the mood of the day, the animals encountered or the people met, their look or expression and colours, these all pave the way for my story. .......Jan Lowe The Painting of the Semi-Sleeping Lioness is called "Dreaming of a Feather-bed - Old Lioness. I met this beautiful creature many years ago whilst working in South Africa. She was a rescued cub that had been badly beaten by poachers, who had killed her siblings and all adults, she managed to hide - so her impression on humans must have been very terrifying. The ranger who found her, brought her back and with special care and love - she survived, but was unable to return to the wild. "Elisa2" (I called her that), was reared by this amazing human who gave her a new life - although not free, but as free as she could be. she was part of his family. I met her many times, and each time, I felt so privileged to be in her presence. I used to wonder on what she really felt, saved by a man, nearly killed by poachers, yet she was so gentle and loving! Her captive life was pretty good, plenty of food, love and play. and I am sure that she would never dream of a feather-bed!.
It is reported that Lions do not purr - well I do disagree with that statement - she did! Scratchboard & Ink. |
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