Martine Jardel

Born in Paris. Currently living in San Francisco.

Painting with oil or acrylic on canvas.
Interested in the process of painting so leaving a large part to accidents and randomness. The use of palette knives, brushes and rags, layering, dripping, scratching paint to create a surface that embodies a sens of time and space.

The long history of painting as a
source of knowledge and questioning. The watercolors of J.M. William Turner are always a source of Inspiration.

Each series of painting, between representation and abstraction, illustrates an imaginary and ephemeral place.
The viewer is given him the freedom to explore the painting for himself.

BFA at San Francisco Art Institute 1994
MFA at San Francisco State University 1998, in Painting.