2021 has been a year of dramatic change for me. We have spent another year under Covid restrictions, but I have taken the opportunity to push my boundaries and learn to heal using Reiki – the two themes are very connected. For more about my healing journey read here. In terms of boundaries – for… Continue reading Covid, Emergencies and Healing- Reflecting on 2021
Category: urbanart
Crime Inspired Paintings on Show at Anglia Ruskin Police Training Facility in London
Each painting is drawn from a real life phone call made to the police during 2021, when the artist worked as an Emergency Call Handler for Avon & Somerset Constabulary.
The humble NHS portrait
A month ago today I put out a request on Facebook and Instagram for NHS workers to come forward for a free portrait.
Using creativity to heal – a portrait for a lost friend – Billy Abernethy-Hope
As an artist, it’s hard not to feel like you are being self-indulgent. But creativity is not just a frivolous pursuit – carried out with love and sensitivity, it really can make a difference to people’s lives, and even in tragic circumstances help people be remembered for the shining lights they were.
Abstract Transformation
Paintings have begun making friends in their new clothes.
Why Deface?
I recently wrote a piece on LinkedIn about PTSD, which might go some way to explain why I am dedicating my time to defacing every painting I have made since I left Iraq (see my cover up blog too). In the meantime. Here are a couple more!
A COVER UP OF THE PAST
It’s been a while since I’ve had an epiphany, but change is definitely in the air. A few months back the combination of having TOO MUCH OF MY OWN ART and having ready access to left-over spray-paints and gloss paint (that was being chucked out from Damien Hirst’s studio) provoked me to start tossing the… Continue reading A COVER UP OF THE PAST
Lift Art Gallery Exhibition – Caroline Jaine
I’m delighted to announce my collaboration with Lift Art Gallery. Enjoy the virtual tour of my exhibition! http://www.exhibitionatlift.com/caroline-jaine/
You can take the girl out of Bristol…
A trip down memory lane yesterday, as I pounded the pavement in Bristol taking in some Banksy’s that weren’t there when I last lived there, and Grayson Perry at the Arnolfini that wasn’t there before either. I was going to write a long eloquent piece about the changing face of Stokes Croft and what it… Continue reading You can take the girl out of Bristol…
“Off The Record” Exhibition artwork
I’ve now finished my three artworks for the Staff Only Exhibition, “Off The Record”. All three inspired by vinyl records (two of them painting directly on vinyl). If you are interested in attending, the show is on for ten weeks 2 Feb – 15 April at the Meme Art Bar in Stroud (opposite the Subscription… Continue reading “Off The Record” Exhibition artwork
Caroline Jaine 