Katherine Jones RA, Softened by Warming (Blue), 2021
Collagraph with hand-colouring, 33 x 40cm, edition of 25
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 urban architecture, rural landscape or objects found within domesticity. The power of light and the transformative processes found in nature are also key themes within the artist’s imagery.
This unframed hand-coloured limited edition print is part of a body of work titled ‘The Iron in the Earth’. Like many of the artist’s images, it examines a flower in close-up, but the floral form has an alien quality, with spiked petals suggesting teeth; these provide protection for the sparkling seeds within. Katherine says; ‘Summer came, and in its usual, almost unbelievable way, filled the empty spaces with life, overrunning, and eventually exhausting itself with the effort of growing. Like so many others, I took the time to witness it, and recorded it as it happened.’
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 with hand-colouring, 33 x 40cm, edition of 25
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 urban architecture, rural landscape or objects found within domesticity. The power of light and the transformative processes found in nature are also key themes within the artist’s imagery.
This unframed hand-coloured limited edition print is part of a body of work titled ‘The Iron in the Earth’. Like many of the artist’s images, it examines a flower in close-up, but the floral form has an alien quality, with spiked petals suggesting teeth; these provide protection for the sparkling seeds within. Katherine says; ‘Summer came, and in its usual, almost unbelievable way, filled the empty spaces with life, overrunning, and eventually exhausting itself with the effort of growing. Like so many others, I took the time to witness it, and recorded it as it happened.’
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 with hand-colouring, 33 x 40cm, edition of 25
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 urban architecture, rural landscape or objects found within domesticity. The power of light and the transformative processes found in nature are also key themes within the artist’s imagery.
This unframed hand-coloured limited edition print is part of a body of work titled ‘The Iron in the Earth’. Like many of the artist’s images, it examines a flower in close-up, but the floral form has an alien quality, with spiked petals suggesting teeth; these provide protection for the sparkling seeds within. Katherine says; ‘Summer came, and in its usual, almost unbelievable way, filled the empty spaces with life, overrunning, and eventually exhausting itself with the effort of growing. Like so many others, I took the time to witness it, and recorded it as it happened.’
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.
