Jacki Stokes

Jacki Stokes at Garden View Studio
I'm in love with colour and I'm in love with strong vibrant luminous watercolour. For me, although the act of painting is very much about the subject, it's also very much about exploring the wonderful interactions of the paint.

Watercolour is magical - I like to watch it blend and flow and react, often letting it do it's own thing, in the knowledge that no two paintings could ever be the same. I use strong washes of wet in wet colour, often using mixed media and experimental techniques to achieve exciting effects and textures.

Although I've been painting with watercolour for many years now, I am still amazed and continually excited by this most magical of mediums. I'm still on my journey of discovery; a journey which I hope will never end. Every time I pick up my paintbrush I wonder where the paint will lead me.

I also love to paint abstract encaustics because, once heated, encaustic wax is also a very fluid medium, and the subtle fusions of pure bold colour are fascinating to observe and experiment with.

These paintings and photographs are my response to the spirit and the joy of Nature.

I trade as Garden View Studio selling an ever changing range of high quality greetings cards, ...

* I trade as Garden View Studio selling an ever changing range of high quality greetings cards, featuring prints of my paintings and photographs, to independent retailers and direct to the public.
(www.gardenviewstudio.com)
Greeting Cards are also available online from RedBubble – please click on my shop tab to see the range. (www.redbubble.com/people/gardenview)


For further information please visit:
www.gardenviewstudio.com

Cards are available from various outlets in Taunton, UK. including Jane Armour Trading in Bath Place, Trull Post Office, Queensway Fruit & Veg (Comeytrowe).

If you would like to buy greeting cards featuring my work, online please visit: http://www.redbubble.com/people/gardenview