About.
My practice is inspired by the experience of a space in a landscape. At the moment that place is Svalbard in the high Arctic. I aim to portray my memories of the discovery of a place through colour, shape and composition. To share the experience of being totally immersed in the immense Arctic space. Translating the interactions of colour and shape as the light reflects on the ice and the sea. The feeling of the constantly moving and ever-changing environment. So beautiful on occasions and yet hostile, dangerous and life threatening on others. The power and the strength of nature, and its uncertain outcomes.
Photograph by Chest Nagar, 2023.
Jo Haskins is an artist based in Devon, England and Embrun in the Southern Alps of France. She trained at Portsmouth College of Art and studied Fine Art Painting at City and Guilds of London Art School. She qualified with a first class Degree in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking from Arts University Plymouth, and is currently studying there for a Masters in Painting. She was shortlisted for the Freelands Painting Prize 2022 and the CVAN Platform Graduate Award 2022. She received The Brownston Gallery Fresh Talant Award 2022 where she has recently had an exhibition. Jo has exhibited widely in the Southern Alps and the South of France.