Jayne Stokes: Showcase
Jayne Stokes is essentially a landscape artist, although not in the traditional sense. Working in mixed media, she aims to explore and document our relationship with the environment.
This showcase will feature a new body of work that was inspired by Jayne's journey to the Shetland Islands in March this year.
'The starting point for most of my pieces is a journey. This could be a short walk, a car journey or a trip further afield. My preferred subject is the Scottish landscape; I have lived in Scotland for over 15 years and I never tire of exploring those places around me. While I was at art school I documented the journeys I made by firstly collecting found objects, taking photographs and sketching. This process of research informed the production of larger three dimensional pieces and paintings. My practice has continued in this way and is what informs the development of my work. I don't always work on a conventional two dimensional surface and I like to incorporate the use of old tins, ceramic fragments and matchboxes within my work. The environment and sustainablity are important issues to me personally and increasingly something that none of us can ignore. My works are rarely made from virgin materials, the work comes from things that are remade or recycled, or changed and repurposed. That is as important to the work as the messages and stories about the places I visit and document. I hope to remind people of the importance of stopping and appreciating what is around us'.
Jayne graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1996 with a first class honours degree indrawing and painting; and latterly studied at Winchester School of Art in Barcelona graduating with an MA in Fine Art in 1998. Jayne has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout the UK. This year she was awarded the An Talla Solais prize at the Royal Scottish Academy annual exhibition and also gained a VACMA award from creative Scotland to enable her to travel to Shetland. She has been shortlisted for the Scottish Landscape Prize 2025.
