Jane Aston, painter.

I'm painting the garden and George's shed. I'm working from  photographs as it's far too cold to sit outside. The images below were taken from the car window yesterday. The snow is thawing here and much of the snow is slushy and wet now. There is colour in the landscape but very subtle. Oddly the Beech forests surrounding us are coppery still. Leaves  still on the trees. The grass is in unusually good condition and as the snow melts it's still green. It's startling to see my painting against the images below. I seem to be cranking up the palette. I think I have always been a colourist at heart. I'm more toned down these days but it's often bubbling underneath the surface. I remember being interviewed for a place at St Martins School of Art in London.  My paintings were really bright. We used a lot of Gouache in out art college preparing for a place at University. I tended to use as many colours as possible in all my projects. Colour is very much on my mind through these days where light is low and snow covers the land and trees look so dark. I still see colour everywhere but it's a very different experience.