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Heather Jansch
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AboutHeather Jacsch, born in 1948, studied fine art at Walthamstow and Goldsmiths College, London. Her passion for horses led her to Wales where she spent several reclusive years breeding Welsh cobs and establishing herself as a successful painter. This period which she describes as her apprenticeship.Jansch's work has gained international recognition and many admirers. It is in numerous private collections around the world. |
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Exhibition HistoryIn 1999 she was invited to join one of the most important exhibitions of British Sculpture ever to be mounted,"The Shape of the Century-One Hundred Years of British Sculpture as part millennium celebrations alongside such luminaries at Moor, Hepworth, Frink and Caro at Canary Wharf London which placed her firmly on an international platform, Heathers driftwood horses one again proved to be amongst the most popular exhibits. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography / CVHeather was born in Essex in 1948. She studdied fine art at Walthamstow and Goldsmiths College in London. An abiding passion for horses and drawing is rooted in childhood when she was fascinated by Da Vincis drawings and her first horse sculpture, a large relief, was made for here art A level after seeing The Elgin Marbles. It was her passion for horses which led her to buy a hill farm in Wales where she spent several years breeding Welsh Cobs and, following in the Stubbs tadition, established herself as a successfull painter, a period she describes as her apprenticeship.She moved to Devon in 1980 and took a sabbatical from commissioned work; here increasingly vibrant paintings began to include nudes and showed her to be a brilliant colourist. Eventually however, wanting to sculpt again, she returned to her roots the horse. The earliest pieces of wire and plaster owed something to Giacomette, the following series in Copper wire reminiscent of Da Vinci's drawings and much closer to her heart still did not have the unique quality she was seeking. It took the use of driftwood to finally reveal the explosive power, natural grace and potential violence of her subject in a manner, which gives her work its authenticity, its "horseness". It was time to look for a gallery which could properly present her work. In 1988 she joined Courcoux and Courcoux then of Salisbury as one of their "Horse Artists". The public response to these pieces was immediate and her first solo show with them quickly established her as one of the most popular new talents to emerge on the British sculpture scene. Heathers work gained mor impetus in 1988 when she produced her first life-sized pieces for her solo show Saltram House a National Trust property in Devon. In 1999 she was invited to jion one of the most important exhibitions of British Sculptre ever to be mounted, "The Shape of the Century - One Hundred Year of British Sculpture" as part of the millennium celebration alongside such luminaries as Moore, Hepworth, Frink and Caro at Canery Wharf London which placed her firmly on an international platform. Jansch's driftwood horses once again proved to be amongst the most popular exhibits. The resultant publicity led to Channel Four featuring her work on Collectors Lot and to The Eden Project inviting her to become one of their Artists in Residence. By the year 2000 Jansch has begun to cast in bronze. She started with the smaller driftwood pieces and found that the results were everything she had hoped for, the freshness and texture of driftwood remains but is now combined with the strength and subtle patination of bronze the first edition of "Ra Ra" an edition of 9 based on her own two year old Arabian sold very strongly from day one. Spending time at the foundry resulted in another new series of works in plaster for bronze based loosely on horses from the Chinese T'any gynasty. This in turn led to work on life siezed pieces and incorporating driftwood with the plaster she produced the astoundingly powerful "Poseidon". "Poseidon" has now crossed the water to join her driftwood mare and foal "Nightmare and Daydream" at Sausmarez Manor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Price Range of WorkHeather Jansch's work has a price range from £25000 to £45000. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mediums utilisedHeather Jansch's work is found in the following materials:Drift Wood, Bronze, Driftwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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