Jenny Shaw-Browne's current collection of atmospheric landscapes and seascapes capture her love of Cornwall. Rich strong colours and textures celebrate the elements of weather, land, light and sea found in this ancient landscape. Cloud shadows, breaking surf, rock formations, harbour scenes and beachscapes are represented through the seasons and the tides.

Born into a farming family, Jenny grew up on the borders of Sherwood Forest where she enjoyed drawing from an early age. After an "A" level in art, Jenny progressed to an honours degree in Archaeology and Ancient History at Nottinghamshire University, extensively utilising her interest in archaeological illustration and artefact drawing. This combination of a love of historical landscapes together with mans' connection to the earth, appear throughout her paintings. After developing the debilitating illness M.E., Jenny returned to her artistic roots, within a short time becoming a full time artist exhibiting at a growing number of galleries. She has won many awards including those received at The Great British Art Show, at the Thoresby Gallery, at the FSA Annual Exhibition and others. Her work has appeared in "The Artist" magazine and been shown with the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Gallery in London. Her work can currently be seen at the Derwent Gallery in Derbyshire, St Ives Framing and Gallery, St Andrews Street, St Ives, Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery, Morvah and the Lander Gallery, Truro in Cornwall. She moved her studio to St Ives in 2008.

 Largely started en plein air, Jenny will work on her canvases out on the coast or moorland striving to commit to paint the emotional response she has to a scene. Always seeking the fragility of space and light, together with an essence of mystery the paintings are roughed in. Decisions are made on the composition and essential atmosphere that she wishes to capture. Using a palette knife, brushes and her hands directly in the oil paint she builds up layers, both impasto and scumbled, Jenny will place strokes of colour next to each other largely unblended. Elements are firstly reduced to just several paint marks, strokes of the brush depicting light and shadow. This technique allows the vibrance and energy of the painting to be retained when viewed as a whole. Working from a starting place of abstraction some of Cornwall's most iconic landscapes are then drawn out into sensitive and atmospheric paintings.

Keep an eye on this website for forthcoming exhibitions.