About
b. 1986 - Jamie is an abstract artist based in the North East, UK.
"Jamie’s acrylic, emulsion and mixed media paintings explore a refined approach to abstraction, steering clear of representational forms and instead focusing on the inherent journey of each piece. By weaving transient layers of mark making, colour and playing with scale, Jamie’s compositions seek to encourage a reflective space more than an interpretative one.
These abstractions do away with subject matter entirely, allowing texture and colour to carry meaning through their arrangement and interactivity and to create a balancing act between form and chaos.
Although Jamie’s work resists categorization as ‘abstract landscape,’ natural forms subtly inform his visual language. Rather than aiming to represent specific places, he draws influence from the various urban and natural environments he has lived in so far. These forms serve as an alphabet more than a vocabulary—a foundation for abstraction rather than a narrative tool—allowing his work to create an atmospheric sense of place without confining itself to literal geography.
Driven primarily by intuition, Jamie’s process invites coherence through experimentation rather than fixed logic, placing trust in the formal aspects of his medium to guide composition. Many of Jamie’s paintings have autobiographical titles, though the story behind each is not illustrated in the work itself. Instead, these titles serve as a form of catharsis for the artist, while the paintings remain open for viewers to interpret freely, inviting them to engage with each piece on their own terms.“
Written by the artist, then rewritten by ChatGPT pretending to be Clement Greenberg, then rewritten by the artist again.
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