10:15am Monday 11th January 2010
By Will Gore
If you are experiencing a touch of the January blues, then head to cornerHOUSE arts centre where artist Jenny Meehan is brightening up the new year with her latest exhibition, Colour-Full-House.
The exhibition, which opened at the Tolworth venue this week, features work in a range of mediums, including paintings in oils and acrylic, digitally manipulated photographs, prints on fabric, and even a tablecloth, with a number of the pieces up for sale.
“January can be a rather drab month and lacking in colour and vibrancy,” explains Meehan. “I have chosen a selection of paintings which demonstrates my love of colour and expressive gestural brushwork.
“The forest and garden form the main subject matter of the paintings on show. Things may look dormant and quiet outside the cornerHOUSE but, this January, there will be a lot of life inside!
“My photographic work involves a greater degree of abstraction than the paintings but, again, an awful lot of colour!
“Recently, I have produced some exciting work on a larger scale and the exhibition includes an extremely bright, surreal wall hanging entitled Totem, which is more than 2m high. As a mother and homemaker, I could not resist creating a tablecloth too!”
The name and artistic endeavours undertaken at cornerHOUSE provided inspiration for Meehan in putting Colour-Full-House together and she is hopeful her art will, in turn, enthuse those who view it.
“The venue is lovely and it has good lighting and a rather cosy feel which I like,” she adds. “The existence of the cornerHOUSE, and the valuable work of the volunteers who work so hard to run the place, is a great inspiration.
“There are very few places in the borough where artists can exhibit their work for free but the visual arts are a vital part of any community and I hope my work inspires the people who see it.”
Chessington-based Meehan graduated from King-ston University in 1994 and worked as a primary school teacher for three years before starting a family.
She began creating artwork in 2005 and has had pieces included in the Kingston Contemporary Open exhibition in 2006 and 2007 and last August presented a solo show at Leatherhead Theatre.
“I see my work as an articulation of fragmentary experience and it is how I make sense of the world,” she says.
“I think visual art has a voice which can express things inexpressible by any other means. There is a lot in life which is hard to articulate with words, yet an image or sculpture can speak volumes.”
On Friday, from 7pm, Meehan will be at a gala evening at cornerHOUSE to celebrate the opening of Colour-Full-House.
Colour-Full-House, cornerHOUSE, Tolworth, until January 30, visit cornerhouse.org/ jennymeehan.co.uk
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