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Jo Whitney

Jo's paintings are based on her interpretation of what interests her in her everyday surroundings. Having lived most of her life within a stone's-throw of the sea, waterside scenes play a large part in her work, both at home and abroad. Her deep interest in people and their lives leads to the inclusion of figures in many of her pictures. She paints almost exclusively in oils, and prefers large canvases. The initial laying out of the subject is done rapidly, but despite their spontaneous appearance, further work on the canvases is prolonged and painstaking. Fundamentally a happy and optimistic person, this is reflected in her choice of subjects and colour.

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News & Events

The East Neuk Open Studios The next Open Studio weekends are on 18-19 and 25-26 June 2011. Come and meet the artists and see their work in the lovely sea-side area of East Scotland with its' old fishing villages. Brochure with maps and illustrations, see link on left.

Jo held a successful solo exhibition: La Serenissima at work and at play. At Alpha Art, 52 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, from 16th to the 23rd July. Her evocative paintings of Venice were much admired. Her next exhibition, of paintings of the old Barbican in Plymouth, will be at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth in the autumn

Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London showed one of Jo's oil paintings, 'Venetian cat at Giudecca boatyard' in June last year.

Next solo exhibition. The Theatre Royal Plymouth, Mezzanine Gallery. 'Spirits of the Barbican' Mid November 2011 - Jan 23, 2012.