Works by Jan Petrie

The Setting gallery and Plot café. Tuesday 5th - Sunday 10th August, Tuesday - Friday 8.30am - 4pm, Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 10am - 3pm

Jan Petrie is a fine art painter living near Painswick in Gloucestershire, and our current studio 5 tenant. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows all over England and is held in private collections in the UK and overseas.

In what she describes as semi-abstract style, her images are deeply rooted in and inspired by the English countryside as well as some of the extraordinary places she has visited. She aims to convey a pared-down, elemental sense of place and mood – the impressions that linger on in the memory. Working in water-based oils, Jan sometimes bonds copper, gold or aluminium leaf onto sections of the canvas for their aesthetic qualities – the specific light they then lend to the finished surface. For the same reason, she often incorporates raw earth pigments and pumice or stone particles into the wet paint.

 As well as being a visual artist, Jan is an award-winning writer. Her published novels are widely available under her pen name: Jan Turk Petrie.

 Website: janpetrie.art

 Instagram: jan_turk_petrie

X (formerly Twitter) : @TurkPetrie