Jean Picton

Jean feels her work is more about “painting” than “flowers”. The subject matter is just a means to explore the skill of tonal values, composition and the drawn line.

She has moved through various phases in her development from minimalist poppy images to more complex structured paintings, exploring a deeper resonance of colour. Jean visited India in 2011 which left a lasting impression on her. The intense colours she saw around her challenged her thinking as to how she could replicate the importance of the relationship of colours to each other thus creating movement on canvas.

Her latest works are the result of this thinking. She has taken the abstract form to a larger scale, intensified the colours by adding a resin finish, thus improving the “movement” within the work.

In 1954 Jean was invited to become a Windmill Girl at the famous Windmill Theatre in the West End of London. During her time there she worked with such greats as Harry Secombe and Bruce Forsyth. She went on to work in showbusiness in the USA and then returned to the UK in the 1980's performing on the cabaret circuit in addition to appearing on TV shows such as Hi-de-Hi and Eastenders.

After retiring and completing a B A Hons degree in Fine Art in the 1990's, where she is now, is proving the most exciting of all her careers!