Jean Dayton

Jean is a full time professional artist working from her studio in the New Forest. Whilst she paints mainly abstract nature paintings she has developed a firm interest in abstract seascapes and is regularly commissioned by UK & International corporate and private clients for her paintings.

In October 2007 Jean was asked to commission a series of yacht seascape oil paintings for the Waldock Gallery in Dublin, a well-established gallery for over 20 years. These paintings have proved to be so popular with the gallery's clients that repeat commission orders have been made. Furthermore Jean was commissioned by a UK design company to paint two large abstract seascapes, featuring yachts in full sail, for the foyer at the Royal Yacht Hotel in St Helier, Jersey as part of a refurbishment.

In the past few years Jean's work has been chosen to feature in numerous art articles in the national home interiors glossy magazine House & Home Ideas; her artwork ‘Orion' most recently featured in their April 08 issue in an article about ‘Abstract Art'. She has also been featured in the Homes magazine as ‘pick of the week' and in December 07 a double page feature about her work appeared in "Sainsbury's Community Magazine of the year for 2007" Hampshire's AND Magazine.

Jean's portfolio of work is an eclectic mix of oil and acrylic paintings ranging from landscapes and florals to abstracts and seascapes. Her work has a strong emphasis on colour and is largely influenced by nature and its many shapes and varied colours. She has exhibited her work in various art exhibitions in Hampshire over the last few years.

Statement

Being Authentic:

I am a full time artist and live & work in the New Forest in Hampshire, I am close to the coast so I am surrounded by astounding natural beauty. I have a unique gift to interpret the essence of anything I put my attention to through colour, shape, movement and flow, this I choose to do through Art – by working with higher energies I am able to sense subtle energies, this is something I have been refining for a very long time, all my life in fact to this point where I am ready to reveal my authentic self to all and express how I work.

Having been a full time artist for a number of years now I truly believe people are drawn to my paintings from an energy level, they might not know consciously why they like a particular piece, it just ‘resonates’ with them, this is because the energy of the painting in part or whole resonates with their authentic self. I sometimes don’t know why I paint what I do in terms of colour and shape and although influenced by my surroundings, in particular nature, I always know that the right person with the right energy will come along at the right time for one of my paintings, for the home the painting is meant for – and to date this has been so.

I work mainly in oils as I love their depth, intensity and versatility and the colours that I create are mind blowing. I strongly believe that colour is mood enhancing, so whether it be to calm and relax or to generate a positive energy, I endeavour to impress a particular feeling or emotion within my paintings.

Jean Dayton 2010