Presentation
Through my recent work, I have been expressing 'capturing the essence of the moment'. When from the corner of my eye, I capture something that visually excites me, and I want to try to preserve the energy of this moment through painting.
Sometimes I paint a little memory. Stumbled upon through the scent of a colour, the thread of a scrap of fabric, the fragment of a day out. A few past moments retained like snapshots create a visual narrative in paint……stories.
Sometimes my paintings are collages of moments where I play with real representative collage. I preserve a memory (watercolour on tissue paper) responding with this media to the fragile nature of the subject, which I seal with layers of varnish into a still life. If I'm listening to music the lyrics sometimes link subconsciously into pieces of my work, and eventually become entangled in the paint on the canvas.
I try to find beauty in the small everyday moments of life, and share it through my paintings. On the days I get lost, I go back to Matisse, Picasso and read Hockney whose personal perspective lifts my spirits and always makes me seek to find 'pink through blue'.
Meeting Klimt in the Silver Birches Again
Janet Gough
Painting - 40 x 40 x 6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch
$921
Travelling to St Ives
Janet Gough
Painting - 49 x 49 x 4 cm Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,055
Little Bird and Orange
Janet Gough
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,453
Dreams of Birds and Flowers
Janet Gough
Painting - 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,784
Dance of the Butterflies
Janet Gough
Painting - 69 x 69 x 4 cm Painting - 27.2 x 27.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,115
Things Blown on the Wind
Janet Gough
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,585