Jane Walker

I make 2-D work with lines. I am experimenting with changing the

speed the lines are made at and altering the energy in the lines. By

doing this I am defining my handwriting and in a sense myself as an

individual. I have 2 types of line, the first is drawn with a crayon

which is then traced over with different thicknesses of white painted

lines. The tracing makes these lines slow. The second type are much

quicker lines scratched through thick paint, these are more about

sensing change. Change in an urban space from open to closed, liquid

to gas, or change in direction of movement.

Being linear my work can be seen as graphic rather than painting but

I see it as borderline between the two. The images I make are of

cities, I draw and re-draw cities. The cities are often viewed from

a high viewpoint. I am interested in seeing the patterns humans make

on the planet from different distances. I change the scale of

buildings. I am interested in how far these patterns reach in time

and space.

Since doing a residency with musicians and artists in Portugal

(2019), I discovered an interest in invisible lines. Some of the

drawing pens I used worked intermittently; the sound of the drawing

was being recorded. I then made white chalk drawings on white paper,

the drawings becoming just visible in different lighting. This has

made me aware of the invisible connections and systems that make up a

city. I have also been drawing outside for a year and getting to the

same dates exactly a year later feels like being back in the same

place. It has made me very aware of the circular time in nature and

that as part of nature we are fixed in that circular time. So my

paintings have changed, the landscape perspective has totally gone

leaving a much more medieval space.

United Kingdom