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Angel with a Cornet
Heads
Artists Statement:
"Most of my work is created spontaneously. I rarely use a sketch book to develop ideas. I paint completely from the imagination and feel that this process would be diluted if I were to construct the images through a series of sketches.
The 'real-world' holds no interest for me. I find the very thought of conforming to the normal practices of 'realism' unfulfilling.
For me, painting is more than just the production of images. Painting has been a therapy. It has helped to heal many of the problems my family and I have encountered over the last few years. Painting is my medicine."
Jocelyn Prosser.
(July 2001)
"Happy Days" 18" x 14"
(unframed size)
"Urban Spirit" 14" x 10"
(unframed size)
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Midnight Blue
Marilyn
The Wobbly King
"Starbirds" I 16" x 12"
(unframed size)
"Starbirds" II 18" x 14"
(unframed size)
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Curriculum Vitae:
EXHIBITIONS:
July 2001
- Group exhibition at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, South Wales.
Oct 2001
- First solo exhibition at the 'Footlights Gallery' at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, South Wales.
June 2002
- Commission to produce promotional work for the Cardiff Sherman Theatre Christmas production of 'Ho! Ho! Ho!".
July 2002
- Group exhibition at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, South Wales.
Aug 2002
- Group exhibition at Rhondda Heritage Park, South Wales.
March 2003
- Group exhibition with Permanent Waves at St.David's Hall, Cardiff.
Nov 2003
- Solo exhibition at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, South Wales.
February 2004
book cover for Iona Books "Friends and Enemies" By Ruth Burgess.
April 2004
Featured in A&I issue available 4th March 2004
April 2004
Solo exhibition at the Signature Gallery,Mumbles,Swansea.
May 2004
Commission to produce promotional work for the Cardiff Sherman Theatre production of "SWANSONGS"
October/November 2004
Joint exhibition with Therese James at the Nevill Gallery,Llanelli,
West Wales.
November 2004
Featured in Carmarthenshire Life magazine
February?March 2005
Solo exhibition at the Washington Gallery, Penarth, Cardiff.
Jocelyn Prosser has work in collections throughout the U.K.
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Close Up
Naive Painting
- Naive painting has been explored by many artists through the twentieth century and has now become recognised as an important genre of painting. The rules of perspective are, in some cases, seemingly misunderstood, or as in many cases, just simply ignored.
The flat planes of colour and thick outlines often have a childlike innocence to them that just cannot easily be reproduced.
The images have great impact, mainly due to their 'flat' construction. They also often carry deep and significant meanings, narratives, that are otherwise difficult to relate.
Some of the the best known practitioners of Naive Painting:
Jack Jones
Nick Holly
and of course -
LS Lowrie
who, though not a true naive artist, painted in a naive style.
Jocelyn Prosser held her first solo exhibition at the "Footlights Gallery" at the Grand Theatre, Swansea. The preview was on
Tuesday the 2nd of October 2001.
To contact Jocelyn Prosser:
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