JASON ANDERSON

Jason’s art career started with a stained-glass apprenticeship - where he was lucky enough to work on prestigious restoration projects such as York Minster, Gloucester and Wells cathedrals.

He quickly progressed onto design work which taught him to compose and stylise subject matter around a 'jigsaw' of painted glass - an approach that still drives his work today.

He is fascinated by colour and uses a palette knife to create deep impasto effects with the paint.

Jason relishes the often frantic nature of mixing and arranging the paint in thick impressionistic daubs, and submitting to a process that creates its own detail and form.

This forces Jason to be bold and decisive; it also produces a kaleidoscope of shape and tone (reminiscent of stained-glass) which portrays the ever-present movement and energy found in nature.

This approach creates a painting which, like the landscape, is constantly changing. So, as you move around the room and the ridges of paint catch the light, there is always something new to see.