JULIA CHANCE
contemporary paintings
R e c e n t S m a l l P a i n t i n g s
The Season Studies
In these pieces spontaneous marks - swoops, scratches, scribbles, dribbles and splashes - are harnessed and arranged within carefully constructed compositions.
Although a clear horizon line re-positions the viewer firmly within the landscape, the intention is not to rely on visual references alone. The aim is to respond to our ability to perceive and be moved by qualities that lie beyond the purely visual.
An example of this would be the feelings that are aroused by the wind buffeting against your skin. Perhaps this might also be felt more keenly if you're standing on something static and solid - such as on a mountain or next to a building.
Sensing the constantly changeable wind alongside the stubbornly unchangeable hillside can stir up something quite visceral within and marks made in response to such experiences invite a range of possible reactions within the viewer.
'July Wind'
Mixed media on panel #3133
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
'Summer Sky and Fields'
Mixed media on panel #3134
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
'Autumn Sky and Fields'
Mixed media on panel #3135
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Early Evening View Across The Lake
Mixed media on panel #3136
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
January Sky and Lake
Mixed media on panel #3137
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
STUDIES IN BLUE
Inspired by experiences in the European alps during summertime, these six paintings explore an ongoing theme of freedom versus control.
Spontaneous marks - scribbles, scratches, splashes, smudges, brush swoops and ripped papers - are harnessed and arranged within carefully constructed compositions alongside rectilinear forms in saturated colours.
The control required by the architect eases to accommodate the freedom desired by the artist and the joy of heightened experiences in the landscape inspires the discipline and experimentation that takes place in the studio.
Study In Blue 1
Mixed media on panel #3127
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Study In Blue 2
Mixed media on panel #3128
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Study In Blue 3
Mixed media on panel #3129
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Study In Blue 4
Mixed media on panel #3130
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Study In Blue 5
Mixed media on panel #3131
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
Study In Blue 6
Mixed media on panel #3132
200mm x 200mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
£385.00
The Sky - Lake 2 Series
Inspired by visits to the South German Alps these paintings were developed back in the studio over a period of time. The theme that was initiated in the Sky - Lake 1 series below continued to be developed; that of playing off against one another the differences - in terms of painterly qualities - between:
- the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering),
- of water (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint)
- and of the land (the use blocks of saturated colour).
Sky - Lake 7
Acrylic and collage on canvas panel #3108
300mm x 300mm
Framed 315mm x 315mm
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Sky - Lake 8
Acrylic on canvas panel #3109
300mm x 300mm
Framed 315mm x 315mm
£575.00
Sky - Lake 9
Acrylic on canvas panel #3110
300mm x 300mm
Framed 315mm x 315mm
£575.00
The Summer Weekend Series
A pre-occupation began to emerge in the Sky - Lake Series below which has become a longer term theme for exploration. This is the playing off against one another of the differences, in terms of painterly qualities, between:
- the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering)
- of water (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint)
- and of built elements in the landscape (the use of blocks of saturated colour).
Summer Weekend
Acrylic and collage on canvas #3103
212mm x 264mm
Framed: 315mm x 370mm
£450.00
June Escape
Acrylic on canvas #3104
263mm x 263mm
Framed: 367mm x 367mm
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No More Jobs To Do Today
Acrylic and collage on canvas #3102
212mm x 265mm
Framed: 317mm x 370mm
£450.00
She Moved Away In October
Acrylic on canvas #3105
200mm x 203mm
Framed: 305mm x 397mm
£450.00
A Search For Balance, In Blue
Acrylic and collage on canvas #3106
252mm x 177mm
Framed: 364mm x 290mm
£450.00
The Urban Landscape Series
Collage is often included as a small-scale background element within my paintings. However, in these four pieces the collaged elements form the main structure of the compositions.
The strong lines in relief of the reinforced cardboard and the generous bulge of the spliced corks are utilised as main organisational elements around which the rest of the compositions are developed.
Splatters, swipes, scratched and rubbed areas of acrylic paint as well as small areas of pure saturated colour are let loose to play around the clear forms of the 3D collaged elements.
The pieces are thus titled ‘urban landscapes’, as a reference to the structure of our cities where static buildings are interwoven and surrounded by infrastructural elements and the textures and movement of everyday life.
Urban Landscape 1
Acrylic and collage on panel #3098
150mm x 150mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
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Urban Landscape 2
Acrylic and collage on panel #3099
150mm x 150mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
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Urban Landscape 3
Acrylic and collage on panel #3100
150mm x 150mm
Framed: 230mm x 230mm
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The Sky - Lake 1 Series
Inspired by visits to the South German Alps the six paintings below were developed back in the studio over a period of time and as a series. A pre-occupation began to emerge: the playing off against one another of the differences in terms of painterly qualities, between:
- the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering)
- of water / the lake (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint)
- and of the land (the use blocks of saturated colour).
Sky - Lake 1
Acrylic on panel #3086
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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Sky - Lake 2
Acrylic and collage on panel #3087
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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Sky - Lake 3
Acrylic on panel #3088
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
£385.00
Sky - Lake 4
Acrylic on panel #3089
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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Sky - Lake 5
Acrylic on panel #3090
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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Sky - Lake 6
Acrylic on panel #3091
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
£385.00
The River 3 Series
These paintings follow on from the larger River 1 and River 2 paintings (see Recent Large Paintings) in which the intention was to capture a visceral sense of the flow of water in a river whilst also enjoying a sense of both colour and form that both the paint and the act of painting, offer.
River 3 / 1
Acrylic on panel #3080
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
£385.00
River 3 / 2
Acrylic on panel #3081
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
£385.00
River 3 / 3
Acrylic on panel #3082
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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River 3 / 4
Acrylic on panel #3083
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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River 3 / 5
Acrylic on panel #3084
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
£385.00
River 3 / 6
Acrylic on panel #3085
200mm x 200mm x 22mm
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Moving Works
In this pair of paintings, sharp edged forms of saturated colour emerge from a field of texture, blended colour and light.
There was a deliberate attempt to create a sense of movement in these pieces, so as to try to communicate some of the non-visual sensations that we experience when in a landscape, for example that of the wind racing around our bodies or of it picking up pieces of lightweight debris and re-locating them where it will.
"Morning Light and Wind"
Acrylic and collage on panel
300mm x 300mm #3045
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"Small Building In A Landscape"
Mixed media on paper 200mm x 210mm
Float mounted and framed behind Art Glass
Framed dimensions: 350mm x 365mm
£385.00
Studies in Green
The forms and colours of the Cumbrian countryside in late summer inspired these works on paper.
The colours, the textures and the forms of these pieces developed alongside one another through a process of slowly adding layers of paint and equally slowly editing them through sanding, rubbing and scratching into the field that had built up.
"Landscape Study"
Acrylic on paper
145mm x 145mm #3067
Framed (slim grey frame with white mount): 345mm x 305mm
£350.00
"Meadow and Marsh"
Acrylic on paper
195mm x 145mm #3066
Framed (slim grey frame with white mount) 345mm x 305mm
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Layer Upon Layer
Many layers of paint were built up over time to create a base from which to build, excavate and develop each of these compositions.
It was only in the very last stages of working that the forms and overall compositions emerged out of the field of texture and colour that had built up.
The intention was that this should create a richness of painting surface and a freshness, even ruggedness to the compositions.
"We Walked To The Large House Through The Snow"
Acrylic On Board
300mm x 300mm #3049
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"Up On The Rooftop Watching The Wind"
Mixed media on board
300mm x 300mm #3046
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"We Stayed For One Night In A Small Town In The East"
Mixed media on board
300mm x 300mm #3048
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"Late Summer Evening In The City"
Acrylic on panel
300mm x 300mm #3044
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