Portraits, Pets and Pots an exhibition by Jahne Hope-Williams
Macedon Ranges artist and multi-disciplinary Jahne Hope-Williams is presenting Portraits, Pets and Pots and adventure into direct photographic transfer and encaustic technique – miniatures and not-so-miniatures
Jahne loves taking photographs. She uses old fashioned difficult artistic techniques which incorporate many processes. As a scientific illustrator, realism makes sense to her. To enhance her work, Jahne adds gilding and hand painting over the images. In case it wasn’t time consuming enough (I do complicate things, she says) Jahne explores the world of beeswax and uses this instead of glass in front of the works in a very individual way.
The exhibition will have a large range of works mainly in the 8inch x 8-inch format on canvas although she has just completed an A3 image and looks forward to larger works especially portraits in the future. There are images for everyone – religious icons, Buddhist Thangas, portraits and angels which are part of Jahne’s signature work. This exhibition also includes portraits of pots as well as her cat as Queen Elizabeth 1st.
Portraits, Pets and Pots begins 3rd September at the Mt.Macedon Gallery – just down the lane beside the trading post. Jahne’s exhibition officially opens Saturday September 7 at 2pm and goes on until the end of the month. The Gallery is open Friday to Tuesday, 10am to 4pm.
