Artists
Robert Jennison R.W.A
Robert Jennison R.W.A
Robert Jennison's paintings originate in an experience of the landscape and working from memory and sketches in the studio he explores this in paint. He recently revisited an old granite quarry near Hay Tor,
"The exploration in paint of this dramatic vertical section through the Dartmoor landscape had been a preoccupation of mine during the late 1960's. Also I had recently visited Brittany; Carnac and Montneuf in particular, areas of numerous standing stones, tumuli and alignments stretching for miles into the Breton landscape. For me the physical presence of these mysterious ancient stones had an obvious visual link with the Dartmoor quarry face."
In his paintings he is preoccupied with the surface of the rock and of his canvas. What develops beyond the relationship between subject and artist is the dialogue between the painter and painting as the canvas becomes a focus for contemplation and for the expression of feelings.
