JAN ROY:
"Another World"
Last year, my family and I spent some weeks in southwest Ireland staying up in the moors
overlooking the sea. What struck me was the different worlds all in one view.
There was the hot sun beaming down on the country lane to our place, a rain shower in the distance, obscuring the fields that led up to the sky, bright green fields close by, an enormous sky of racing clouds.
Cows might be way up on the ridge of a field, sheep might be in a separate world down near a barn. Everything was always changing and so disconnected in one sense but part of the whole picture in another.
overlooking the sea. What struck me was the different worlds all in one view.
There was the hot sun beaming down on the country lane to our place, a rain shower in the distance, obscuring the fields that led up to the sky, bright green fields close by, an enormous sky of racing clouds.
Cows might be way up on the ridge of a field, sheep might be in a separate world down near a barn. Everything was always changing and so disconnected in one sense but part of the whole picture in another.
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"The Burren"
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" |
"Changing Pastures"
Oil on canvas, 48" x 36" |
"Way to the River"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 48"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 48"
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"After a Day's Work"
Oil on canvas, 20" x 20" |
"Free to Roam"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36" |
"Killary"
Oil on canvas, image 20" x 40, framed
Oil on canvas, image 20" x 40, framed
"Night Storm"
Oil on canvas, 40" x 40
Oil on canvas, 40" x 40
"Summer Shower"
Oil on canvas, 36" x 36
Oil on canvas, 36" x 36
Previous Exhibits:
"Capturing Beauty II"
"Landscape to Landscape"
"Charlie''s Barn"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
"Open Window"
Oil on canvas, 20" x 20"
Oil on canvas, 20" x 20"
"Spring"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
Oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
Archive 2022:
"A Touch of Gold"
"The Harbor"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"
"Dreaming"
Oil on canvas, 60" x 40"
Oil on canvas, 60" x 40"
"A Summer Song"
"Early Summer"
Oil on canvas 48" x 48"
Oil on canvas 48" x 48"
"Money Plant"
Acrylic on canvas, 60” x 40” SOLD
Acrylic on canvas, 60” x 40” SOLD
"Mid Afternoon"
Oil on canvas, Framed 24" x 18"
Oil on canvas, Framed 24" x 18"
Jan Roy "Process II"
Collage
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"Sheltered," Collage on Paper Painted papers, newspapers and acrylic Framed: 17" x 17.5" |
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"Morning," Collage on Paper Painted papers, newspapers and acrylic Framed: 17" x 17.5" |
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"Today's News," Collage on Paper Painted papers, newspapers and acrylic Framed: 17" x 17.5" |
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Forsythia, Collage on Canvas
Painted papers, newspapers and oil/acrylic: Image 20” x 16,” Framed, 21” x 17” |
"Subway," Collage on Paper
Painted papers, newspapers and oil/acrylic: Image 20” x 16,” Framed, 20” x 16” |
"Going Home," Collage on Paper
Painted papers, newspapers and oil/acrylic: Image 15.25” x 11.25,” Framed, 16.75” x 13” |
"Waterfront," Collage on Paper
Painted papers, newspapers and oil/acrylic: Image 14” x 9.5,” Framed, 16.75” x 13” |
"Blue Vase"
Oil on canvas
Image 20”x 20,” Framed
Oil on canvas
Image 20”x 20,” Framed
"A Garden Dream"
“Kitchen Morning”
Oil on canvas
40”x 30” SOLD
Oil on canvas
40”x 30” SOLD
“Pink Pitcher
Oil on canvas 20" x 16" SOLD |
"Gathering"
Oil on canvas 12" x 12" SOLD |
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“Blue Table”
Oil on board image 7”x 7” framed 14.5" x 14.5" |
"Florest"
Oil on canvas image 8" x 8" framed 14.5" x 14.5" SOLD |
I find I am working with less and less information. Beginning a new painting I find myself subconsciously focusing on a moment I had, a place where I was, something I want to get back to.
When I am in the studio and removed from the emotions, distractions and complications of a place, I start putting down paint anticipating that the color will lead me along. Color is the most important ingredient
in a painting to me, the component that I find most exciting. I paint, scrape, cover again, allowing the story of it's evolution to show through.
Bike riding contributes to the abstract quality of my work. When I'm on a bike I feel disconnected from what I am seeing. The ground becomes a flat plain and objects become abstract and two dimensional.
When I am in the studio and removed from the emotions, distractions and complications of a place, I start putting down paint anticipating that the color will lead me along. Color is the most important ingredient
in a painting to me, the component that I find most exciting. I paint, scrape, cover again, allowing the story of it's evolution to show through.
Bike riding contributes to the abstract quality of my work. When I'm on a bike I feel disconnected from what I am seeing. The ground becomes a flat plain and objects become abstract and two dimensional.
"Over the Atlas" Oil on canvas
Framed, image 30" x 30" SOLD
Framed, image 30" x 30" SOLD
Jan Roy's Gouache and Acrylic on Paper
