Katherine Jones RA, Heliotrope 1, 2023
Collagraph and hand-colouring, 89 x 59cm, variable edition of 20
Royal Academician Katherine Jones’ practice encompasses a wide range of contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques as well as watercolour and oil painting. Her limited edition and unique works are characterised by a particular luminosity whether it be generated by sunlight hitting water or the artificial glow from within a glasshouse.
Throughout her practice, Katherine has been fascinated by structures that historically provide shelter - but may be more fragile than first assumed. Much of her subject matter is inspired by her immediate surroundings whether it be the urban architecture and local parks of her home in south east London, or - in relation to her most recent works - time spent on an artistic residency in Kloster Bentlage, Germany, in the summer of 2023.
This unframed limited edition print is part of our March 2014 exhibition ‘Drop Shadows’ at Sims Reed Gallery, London. This new body of work explores the power of light and subtly transformative processes within the natural world. ‘Heliotrope 1’ is part of a set of four variable edition collagraphs that can be displayed as individual prints or all together. The starting point for this work was a group of sunflowers that the artist observed in Germany, their faces following the sunlight over a period of time. The protective barn-like structure which emerges when the prints are exhibited is a recurring motif in the artist’s imagery. As with many of the works in ‘Drop Shadows’, the flora depicted have morphed into oversize, alien forms which appear to move across the page.
Katherine graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally including a solo exhibition at Rabley Gallery in 2021 and more recently in ‘Hockney to Himid: 60 Years of British Printmaking’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester . She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the London Original Print Fair Prize in 2014. She was also artist in residence at Eton College Drawing Schools in 2014; this experience informed Oliver Projects’ solo exhibitions of her work in 2020. Her work is held in public collections including the V&A Museum, London, Guangdong Museum, China, and Boston Athenaeum, USA. Katherine was elected a Royal Academician in April 2022. She lives and works in south east London.
Collagraph and hand-colouring, 89 x 59cm, variable edition of 20
Royal Academician Katherine Jones’ practice encompasses a wide range of contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques as well as watercolour and oil painting. Her limited edition and unique works are characterised by a particular luminosity whether it be generated by sunlight hitting water or the artificial glow from within a glasshouse.
Throughout her practice, Katherine has been fascinated by structures that historically provide shelter - but may be more fragile than first assumed. Much of her subject matter is inspired by her immediate surroundings whether it be the urban architecture and local parks of her home in south east London, or - in relation to her most recent works - time spent on an artistic residency in Kloster Bentlage, Germany, in the summer of 2023.
This unframed limited edition print is part of our March 2014 exhibition ‘Drop Shadows’ at Sims Reed Gallery, London. This new body of work explores the power of light and subtly transformative processes within the natural world. ‘Heliotrope 1’ is part of a set of four variable edition collagraphs that can be displayed as individual prints or all together. The starting point for this work was a group of sunflowers that the artist observed in Germany, their faces following the sunlight over a period of time. The protective barn-like structure which emerges when the prints are exhibited is a recurring motif in the artist’s imagery. As with many of the works in ‘Drop Shadows’, the flora depicted have morphed into oversize, alien forms which appear to move across the page.
Katherine graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally including a solo exhibition at Rabley Gallery in 2021 and more recently in ‘Hockney to Himid: 60 Years of British Printmaking’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester . She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the London Original Print Fair Prize in 2014. She was also artist in residence at Eton College Drawing Schools in 2014; this experience informed Oliver Projects’ solo exhibitions of her work in 2020. Her work is held in public collections including the V&A Museum, London, Guangdong Museum, China, and Boston Athenaeum, USA. Katherine was elected a Royal Academician in April 2022. She lives and works in south east London.
Collagraph and hand-colouring, 89 x 59cm, variable edition of 20
Royal Academician Katherine Jones’ practice encompasses a wide range of contemporary and traditional printmaking techniques as well as watercolour and oil painting. Her limited edition and unique works are characterised by a particular luminosity whether it be generated by sunlight hitting water or the artificial glow from within a glasshouse.
Throughout her practice, Katherine has been fascinated by structures that historically provide shelter - but may be more fragile than first assumed. Much of her subject matter is inspired by her immediate surroundings whether it be the urban architecture and local parks of her home in south east London, or - in relation to her most recent works - time spent on an artistic residency in Kloster Bentlage, Germany, in the summer of 2023.
This unframed limited edition print is part of our March 2014 exhibition ‘Drop Shadows’ at Sims Reed Gallery, London. This new body of work explores the power of light and subtly transformative processes within the natural world. ‘Heliotrope 1’ is part of a set of four variable edition collagraphs that can be displayed as individual prints or all together. The starting point for this work was a group of sunflowers that the artist observed in Germany, their faces following the sunlight over a period of time. The protective barn-like structure which emerges when the prints are exhibited is a recurring motif in the artist’s imagery. As with many of the works in ‘Drop Shadows’, the flora depicted have morphed into oversize, alien forms which appear to move across the page.
Katherine graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2003. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally including a solo exhibition at Rabley Gallery in 2021 and more recently in ‘Hockney to Himid: 60 Years of British Printmaking’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester . She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the London Original Print Fair Prize in 2014. She was also artist in residence at Eton College Drawing Schools in 2014; this experience informed Oliver Projects’ solo exhibitions of her work in 2020. Her work is held in public collections including the V&A Museum, London, Guangdong Museum, China, and Boston Athenaeum, USA. Katherine was elected a Royal Academician in April 2022. She lives and works in south east London.
