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Artist profile #4 : Jane Hodgson
EAAF in lockdown
​Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery is currently closed and EAAF events have been suspended as we follow the Government’s advice to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Our work continues as we stay in touch with our members by email, profile our artist members through EAAF Presents and provide scholarships at Norwich University of the Arts. We are very grateful for our members’ support and look forward to the time when we can visit exhibitions and gather together again. Amanda Geitner, Director
 During lockdown, East Anglian Art Fund has been profiling artists from the region - this week painter Jane Hodgson

Jane Hodgson : ​glimpses of the everyday

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Jane Hodgson began her career on her return from New Zealand. An affinity to sea and sky that started there translated to her life in North Norfolk. Painting outside in all weathers, Jane’s work focusses on the people who work on land and water. We asked Jane to describe her work -
In the heat of the moment on Countryfile I called my paintings blobby instead of impressionistic, but really I aim to glimpse and paint scenes of people in their everyday world.

What keeps you awake at night?
Fretting about my paintings.

What is your favourite part of your practice?
Gathering the information for pictures 'en plein air'. The Lock Down has meant I can’t go to my usual haunts as they are out of my immediate area and involve people not of my household. Paradoxically, this has gradually given me the opportunity to explore my locality, searching for activities I want to paint, in a way I haven’t before.

Which artists inspire you most?
Obvious ones such as JMW Turner, Pieter Brueghel the younger, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Honoré Daumier, Georges Seurat, Georges Braque, Mark Rothko. But also Harry Becker, Ivon Hitchens, Mary Newcomb, Winifred Nicholson, Joan Eardley, Kurt Jackson, Robert E. Wells, Brian Ryder, Frank Bowling, Andrew James, Daniel Shadbolt, Haidee-Jo Summers, Roger Dellar, Michael Kirkbride and Judith Gardner.

If you could step inside a painting for a day which would it be and why?
Very tricky. The true answer would be lots. I just saw a lovely Roger Dellar sketch of his wife hanging up washing which would work - it has sun, simple space, paying attention to an everyday task, and lovely colours with direct brushwork. Before that it would have been Ivon Hitchins’ The Boathouse. Tears sprouted from my eyes when I first saw it on my return to the UK. Again, direct un-fussed paint with strong contrasts of a boat in front of the boathouse in the still early morning. It has the delight of a new day, with a sense of anticipation. People will be coming to take the boat out on the lake which could move it into a more ‘dashy' Monet or Renoir boating scene.
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To find out more about Jane Hodgson's work CLICK HERE
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  • Home
  • About
    • Art in Norwich Blog
    • Guardian Article
    • Norfolk Arts Forum news
    • Creative Odyssey
  • Download pdf
  • EAAF Artist Profiles
    • East Anglian Art Fund June Gentle
    • East Anglian Art Fund Alison Henry
    • East Anglian Art Fund Jane Hodgson
    • East Anglian Art Fund John Christie
    • East Anglian Art Fund Red Elders
    • East Anglian Art Fund Julia Cameron
    • East Anglian Art Fund Vanessa Pooley
    • East Anglian Art Fund Kate Walker
    • East Anglian Art Fund Gus Farnes
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
    • East Anglian Art Fund Tobias Arnup
  • Art Classes
    • Wensum
    • Royal Drawing School
    • Anteros Art Classes
    • Artpocket
    • Nest Project
    • Annette Rolston printmaking
    • Skippings Gallery Gt Yarmouth
    • Sarah Cannell Workshops
  • Galleries and groups
    • Caroline Fisher Projects
    • Paint Out general info
    • Arts & Culture in Great Yarmouth
    • Norwich University of the Arts
    • NNAC Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle
    • Nunnsyard
    • Sainsbury Centre Art Deco
    • Breckland Artists
    • Mandell's Gallery - about
    • North City
    • Greenhouse Gallery
  • Links to partners
    • Original Projects;
    • Artists' Studios around Norwich
  • Venue Map
  • Contact us
  • Get Walls
  • Past events
    • Norwich Castle NNFestival 19
    • Ancient House Thetford
    • X Marks The Spot, Great Yarmouth
    • Time & Tide Drawn to the Coast 2018
    • H2O Art of Wet
    • Houghton Hall Henry Moore >
      • Henry Moore review
    • Paint Out
    • Lonely Arts Club 2016
    • Magnificent Obsessions
    • Norwich Castle Olive Edis
    • The Way We Live Now
    • ADP Riot Tour
    • Norwich Castle Sawdust & Threads
    • Ana Maria Pacheco
    • Hungate exhibition
    • Bacon and the Masters
    • War and Peace
    • Clive Dunn at Theatre Royal
    • John Craske : Threads
    • Art at Norwich Playhouse
    • John Lessore & John Wonnacott
    • Hidden in Plain Sight
    • Mary Spicer at Theatre Royal
    • Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia
    • Masterpieces: Art & East Anglia talks
    • The Tourists
    • En Plein Air
    • Outpost call for submissions
    • Martin Laurance at Mandell's Gallery
    • Wallis exhibition
    • Picasso
    • Studios in Norfolk
    • Norwich 20 Group 70th Anniversary
    • Concrete - an exhibition at NUA
    • SCVA Sense & Sensuality lecture series
    • Nicola Slatter yat Theatre Royal
    • Affordable Art Fair
    • Art Car Boot pictures
    • David Holgate obituary
    • Photography exhibition