Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)

All works that are still for sale have a price (Inc GST) visible at the start of the title. Please contact Jan Manton Gallery if you’re interest in a work(s). All paintings come framed in a Tas Oak Float Frame.

Earlier this year, my partner, our child and I were fortunate enough to spend two months together exploring the. UK and Ireland. The circumstances of travel required that I reduce my studio to an ultra-small scale. My painting box could only accommodate small works, even though the views in front of me were so large and expansive.

Travelling with an infant also meant I was limited in the amount of time I could paint each day. There were short windows of opportunity to paint during her naps, and in the evening after she had gone to sleep. This routine encouraged a more imaginative response to the landscape, painting from memory rather than from life. Portraits also began to emerge, inspired by simply looking at myself in the mirror or catching glimpses of my partner having some down time.