Viewing Room: 03: Linda Jamieson and Steven Will

We look forward to welcome your visit to see the work of two wonderful artists. One is Norfolk based painter Linda Jamieson who is joined by Suffolk based ceramic artist, Steven Will.

It will be a chance to see their work before others get a chance to add them to their collections.  Make a date to come visit us without the distractions of a larger group exhibition. There will be an opportunity to hear more from the artists directly.

OPENING TIMES  

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: 11am to 4pm

SATURDAY: 11am to 2pm

OR BY APPOINTMENT AT OTHER TIMES.

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More about Linda Jamieson

Like many artists, Linda Jamieson asks "How do we make sense of the world around us?"

After many years of working as a professional artist Jamieson remains focused on discovering a greater meaning through her paintings, pastel drawings and prints. For her this striving to reach an elusive destination is much more about recording her journey. After initially sketching she needs to distance herself from source material and it is in the studio that she has found a new way of working, all she discovers in this process.  

Living on the North Norfolk coast means that Linda is witness to the depredation caused by water on fragile land and coastal habitats. This has always been an underlying presence in her work. Back in her studio, colour has become a primary tool for her in these more recent paintings. She is interested in the ambiguity of their interpretation, there is often a reference to an emotional response in her subject matter, but she steers clear of direct description. Hers is a topology dependant on personal experiences and connections.

Up to this point, an obvious human presence has been absent in Jamieson's work, although one is often implied. The work being shown in this exhibition is reflective of a new direction. While she contends that there is no overt or obvious 'message' in her work, she hopes that these journeys through landscapes will resonate with the viewer.

Seven Will works and lives between the wild heaths, coast and meandering estuaries of the Suffolk Coast. A connection to and an immersion in nature informs all of his practice. 

Locally dug beach clays, Coraline crag (a kind of sandstone unique to the area), fossils, wood ash and especially plants find their way into or onto Steven ceramics and printmaking. Steven takes an experimental approach to his work and loves to develop and discover new processes.

Originally trained in botany, Steven discovered ceramics after many years as a market gardener, initially as something to do in the quiet winter season. Art foundation and a distinction from the CityLit Ceramics Diploma followed and he set up a studio near Orford in Suffolk 10 years ago, where he is still based.