Jan Munro

Traces of the work of scratching, sticking, blotting, painting, spattering, sanding arranging. The culmination and selection of the treasured parts that can show what’s in my mind. All good.

In my mind, sketches and photos, I have weathered Sea Cottages, window panes, stone walls, lobster pots, boats in harbours, ropes , chimneys, doors, the wind, the landscape, the cry of seagulls and the sea.
On the table, mugs, flowers, mats,pots,spots and lines of aged and new loved things.

My work has changed over the years becoming less representational and with a more playful approach to subject and materials.
It usually begins with some paint, collage and lines. I make my own collage papers as a warm up. Simplicity and texture are words I keep in mind as well as the thought, ‘I want you to want to touch this work’. Only when a few layers of paint have gone down does the work take on a level of intrigue.