{"id":1566331,"date":"2025-08-06T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/?p=1566331"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:12:13","slug":"janie-george-insistent-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/janie-george-insistent-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Janie George: Insistent Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janie George won Andrew Torr\u2019s Choice Award in Jackson\u2019s Art Prize this year with her work Pine Cone<\/em>. In this interview, she discusses her practice of writing to help realise an idea, the perfection of indecision, and turning to ceramics to slow her down.<\/p>\n

Above image: <\/strong>Janie in her studio<\/small><\/p>\n

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\"Janie
Pine Cone<\/em>, 2024
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Could you tell us about your artistic background?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I owe a lot to my mother who was very good at making things and had a good sense of style. We were a large family and had little money. Everything was pretty much handmade and hand-grown. She taught me how to sew, cook, and garden. She also bought me a sketchbook to record the wild flowers that I found. That experience of drawing to identify and know things was the beginning for me. I still draw things gathered from the fields. <\/p>\n

I was lucky in my art college experience; it was a more formal time, but people were pretty nurturing and kind. Although I paint now, I studied printmaking at college and lithography in particular. It was how I learnt to be very precise about colour. After college, I had longish periods without a studio. However, when I started teaching printmaking, I was able to use the equipment after hours. I\u2019ve been at my current studio for about ten years, and it\u2019s been a stable influence on my practice.<\/p>\n

I currently work with some great people at the Bristol School of Art. It\u2019s a small college, and we are able to create an environment that is really special. We teach each other our sessions and processes, I have been able to make ceramics and prints and even enamelling there.<\/p>\n

\"Janie
Studio work in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: What does a typical working day in the studio look like for you? Do you have any important routines or rituals?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: Usually, I make a cup of tea and look at what I have on the go and ruminate a little. I have lots of things happening at once at different stages. It takes a while to get my eyes working intuitively, so I will complete obvious tasks to start with. Annoyingly, it is usually when I am about to leave that I suddenly see what I should do to a painting, which usually means getting all my equipment out and getting messy again.<\/p>\n

Mixing up colours is something I do regularly, I enjoy it, but I need to sit down and pay attention. Sometimes it\u2019s mixing up a large amount of one colour that has to have a specific consistency for a certain mark or area.<\/p>\n

\"Janie
The Gardener<\/em>, 2025
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 120 x 110 cm | 47.2 x 43.3 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Which materials or tools could you not live without?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I could say brush cleaner, as I use so much of it. Colour is very important too. But it\u2019s probably the additives like liquin, thixotropic mediums, wax, or linseed oil that change the quality of the paint.<\/p>\n

The consistency is important to the language of the paint, and I like to work in layers, some of which are semi-transparent. I need the movement to feel right, sometimes stodgy and soft, other times fluid and fast or diaphanous.<\/p>\n

\"Janie<\/p>\n

Josephine: Do you work from a reference? What is your process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: Process is hard for me to define, as I like to change how I work. Sometimes there is an image, or an idea, but sometimes just a powerful sense of a colour or colour group. These hang around getting more insistent until they have been given a space to exist.<\/p>\n

This means that I have a series of painted backgrounds at any one time, and sometimes they just stay abstract because I can\u2019t improve on them. I also have objects and images, and these must somehow be transformed to show how I see things. I often write about the feeling of the idea, as it can help with the realisation. <\/p>\n

\"Janie
September<\/em>, 2025
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 80 x 90 cm, 31.4 x 35.4 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Do you regularly draw or keep a sketchbook? If so, how does this inform your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I only use line drawings these days as they help me with form and composition. Usually, it\u2019s drawings of objects from the garden, fields, or beaches. I also draw groups of things I have made or collected. These will become something in a painting \u2013 if there is a thing.<\/p>\n

\"Janie<\/p>\n

Josephine: Have you ever had a period of stagnation in creativity? If so, what helped you overcome it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: Being an artist is not separate from being a person. Sometimes the circumstances of everyday existence are difficult, and this will have an effect on how I feel about everything. Being exhausted is a real issue for me. Otherwise, I think stagnation can be about the end of a cycle, and it\u2019s time to take a break and evaluate.<\/p>\n

Having a holiday somewhere far away with no internet helps. Also, for me, turning to ceramics has really helped slow me down and change my thinking.<\/p>\n

How we can manage life well with the resources we have is the true test of creativity.<\/p>\n

\"Janie
Petal Form<\/em>, 2024
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Are there any specific artists or mentors who have inspired you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I found Agnes Martin\u2019s writing really helpful. Also, Letter of Advice to a Young Poet<\/em> by Rilke is very good. Otherwise, I have so many good friends who are artists who have given me support and new ways to think about things.<\/p>\n

I love the work of artists like Cy Twombly and Paul Klee. But have a special affection for female British artists who work with colour and the blend of toughness and grace they show in their work. Chiefly, I am thinking of Prunella Clough, Mary Potter, Susan Foord, Elizabeth Blackadder, and Edwina Leapman.<\/p>\n

\"Janie<\/p>\n

Josephine: What were you thinking about or exploring at the time you painted Pine Cone<\/em>? What inspired it, and how did it come to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I have a few pine cones that lounge around the house and creep into paintings. They are part of the endless collection of small finds that come home with me from walks.<\/p>\n

I had made a painting inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth\u2019s Diary, with her interest in gardening and making clothes. I found it touching how her blend of daily observations made it into her brother\u2019s poetry. There was a pine cone in that piece, and I really enjoyed its complexity. I like the way plants and shells make themselves by coiling outwards, pine cones are spirals with woody petals. However, all of that is unseen in this painting; it just contains a sort of landscape. <\/p>\n

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Moth Brocade<\/em> (and ceramics)
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 45 x 65 cm | 17.7 x 25.5 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Why did this piece feel like the right one to submit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I felt that this painting had become itself almost in spite of me and my efforts. I was going to be more specific about the form but it just wouldn\u2019t let me so I had to keep wiping paint away. In the end, the residue of all the attempts made it perfect. It was a perfection of indecision. <\/p>\n

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Collar<\/em>, 2024
Janie George
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: How did it feel to move through the stages in the competition and win Andrew Torr\u2019s Choice Award?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I was amazed because the painting speaks quietly. It is such a small painting but has a big space. Perhaps it took another painter to see that. When I read what Andrew wrote I felt very emotional. It was so generous and thoughtful. The support of other artists is so important. <\/p>\n

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Janie’s studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: What inspired the colours in this painting?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: I work from the ground forward. It’s a bit of a headache but worth it because it influences what comes later. I need to respond to a colour with colour, a white ground doesn\u2019t work for me. <\/p>\n

Josephine: There are hints of orange coming through from behind the certain areas, can you talk about how you primed the canvas?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: There is a bright pink in the ground, and I wanted bits of this to shine through as a feeling of affection and love in what was going to happen next. I tried ochre on top at one stage so it appears orange in some areas. I was going mad for Violet at the time. I realised I couldn\u2019t mix the hue I was seeking. I finally bought a tube of Winsor & Newton Cobalt Violet Artists’ Oil Paint<\/a>. Very expensive, a birthday present to myself. It sits beautifully on the pink. <\/p>\n

\"Janie
Bumble Bee<\/em>
Janie George
Collage on paper, 45 x 60 cm | 17.7 x 23.6 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Josephine: Are there any new materials or ideas you’re excited to explore using your prize?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: Yes, I can buy some of the more expensive paints and pigments. I\u2019m also looking at Michael Harding Miracle Medium<\/a>. It\u2019s not mineral-based and that appeals to me. It feels very pure. I am developing dermatitis, so I am looking at other kinds of solvents or ways of using water-based paints.<\/p>\n

Actually, I\u2019m interested in developing a way of working that doesn\u2019t use solvents at all. So I will be buying some pigments and experimenting with these. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Josephine: What\u2019s coming up next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Janie: Thanks to my colleague Jess Turrell\u2019s teaching, I have made some enamelled forms to add to the painted surface of a big canvas. I have a solo exhibition coming up in Tetbury next year. It’s a big space, so I am working with larger abstract unstretched pieces. <\/p>\n

Also, I’m working on some simple woodblock prints that are circular flower forms that I can use in community engagement workshops where people can bring their own t-shirts, etc and print on them. I actually prefer to work with other artists, so I\u2019m hoping to lure my friends into exhibiting with me. <\/p>\n

Follow Janie on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit Janie\u2019s website <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Janie<\/p>\n

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Further Reading<\/h2>\n

Meet Eleanor Johnson, Winner of Jackson’s Art Prize 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 Exhibition at Affordable Art Fair<\/a><\/p>\n

How We Collaborate With Artists<\/a><\/p>\n

Expert Advice on Making Your Way as an Artist<\/a><\/p>\n

Shop Oil Painting on jacksonsart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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