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Jessica Zoob, deep water
You’ve had an interesting year? I have. I was featured artist during London Design Week at the Chelsea
Harbour Design Centre. Then I had solo shows at the Medici Gallery in Cork Street and on board The
World, the second biggest ship on the planet, whilst it was in residency in British Waters!
Tell me what you’re up to for Artwave? I’ll be having my <strong>us</strong>ual open ho<strong>us</strong>e, studio and garden here in De
Montfort Road, as well as exhibiting a collection in the Ripe Post Office.
How do you feel about opening up your ho<strong>us</strong>e to the public? When my work is in galleries, it’s a more
clinical experience, so Artwave is the one chance I get to actually meet clients. People come from all over
the country for it, and they can see a range of my work, since both recent and much earlier paintings are on
display. I always want people to feel completely welcome to look, enjoy a glass of wine, without feeling the
pressure to buy anything.
Tell me about your process. I get so much pleasure from the making of the work. I work almost entirely
in oils, beca<strong>us</strong>e I love the depth of colours. But it is very time consuming, beca<strong>us</strong>e of the layering process.
Each layer takes a long time to dry, so paintings can take years to complete, with different stories getting
obliterated with each additional layer, but with tiny bits of early paintings showing through – pieces of my
own history I suppose.
What are the themes of your current paintings? I’m doing more landscapes these days. Paintings from
the Stories Without Words sequence are about my love affair with nature. But my work isn’t full of angst –
the way I see it, life is tough and I don’t seek to make it worse.
And the range of prices? I’ll be selling a book of postcards from the Stories Without Words collection for
£5. The paintings themselves start from £100 and go up into the tho<strong>us</strong>ands.
Holly Ho<strong>us</strong>e, 26 De Montfort Road. Open weekends of Aug 28 & 29th, Sept 4th &, 5th, and 11th & 12th from
12-6pm. Also, Church Lane, Ripe Post Office and Stores, Mon-Fri 9-1pm and 4-6pm, Sat 9-5pm during Artwave.
(www.jessicazoobdesire.com)
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