The second artist to exhibit in 2018 at May Raechelle Art Gallery in Millthorpe as part of their bimonthly Rural Art Exhibition is surrealist and impressionist artist Jowellyn Neville from Spring Hill.
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Jowellyn creates artworks in a range of different media including ink, pencil, graphite, pastel and watercolour. Each piece is made up of intricate and repetitive patterns, giving her style a meditative quality.
Jowellyn says she took up the art form, with no previous training, as a form of therapy in 2014. “In 2015 I was injured in a horse accident leaving me with significant brain trauma. It took almost 12 months to recover my hand control enough to be able to continue drawing.” Although the symptoms of her trauma are ongoing her personal strength keeps her working and her patience and determination can be seen in the art she produces.
“Art has grown into a significant and integral part of my life,” she says, “I did not realise I had any talent whatsoever, it came as quite a shock when people acknowledged my ability.”
Every piece is a hand drawn original and no prints are made. And although some of the basic shapes and patterns are repeated in several works, no two pieces are the same.
“I am inspired by natural patterns and textures found in the local environment and my love of animals influences many of my works.”
Jowellyn’s exhibition runs at May Raechelle Art Gallery until Sunday April 29. There will be a Meet the Artist event on Saturday March 10 from 11am to 1pm and we would encourage people to come along and meet this inspirational and talented artist.