Jo Mayo

I have spent half my life in rural north Essex firstly teaching music and then painting. I am primarily self-taught but studied art history including a wonderful summer school at the Royal Holloway College, London. Life drawing and painting under Bruce Ronaldson for three years and observing techniques of artists Philip Richardson and Hashim Akib, particularly admiring Impressionists and Pre-Raphaelites. I am also interested in humour, movement, and how tonal variations flow successfully through a painting. I enjoy choosing a medium to suit a particular theme, but am drawn more to oil and acryllic. I like the full-bodied texture.
Yearning for remote ruralities, yet I am excited by the sensory experiences of city life and the 'extraordinary' in the ordinary.' Trying to record the essence of something doesn't have to be beautiful but must contain something real and essentially truthful. It is wonderful that someone else might find a unique connection to what you have produced! All work is signed 'Jo Me', bringing just bare self to the creative journey within a deeply personal expression in art.

BA HONS Humanities with Music Specialism
Dip Mus
CTABRSM
Grade 8 Flute Singing Piano
Fine Art Degree Course OUA Curtin Uni starting in Feb 2018 Academic & Professional Communications

GAA AMSTERDAM The Beurs van Berlage 2015
THE BRICK LANE GALLERY LONDON 2015
DUNMOW ART GROUP 2015 2014 2013 2012
GREAT BARDFIELD ARTS & CRAFT 2013 2012
GEORGE YARD PAVILLION 2015 2013
COUNTESS OF WARWICK, N Essex 2015 2013
OPEN STUDIO, FOX COTTAGES, N Essex 2015
COGGESHALL ART EXHIBITION 2015 0213
PURLEY SURREY ST JAMES' CH 2014 2013
PETER HALL GALLERY - 2014 2013
DOME GALLERY Braintree Solo 1 MONTH 2014
CHELMSFORD LIBRARY solo 8 Wk 2014
COMMISSION 2014 2013
STEBBING ART EXHIBITION 2014
BDA 2013 PRIZE WINNER
Global Arts Agency Rotterdam 2016
Margaret River Open Studios W Australia 2018