Playful palette knife artworks to feel good about!

With over 20 years of private artistic exploration, Jesslyn has sought to understand a diverse range of painting, printmaking and drawing techniques. At her studio in Le Studio, Mordialloc, she is currently working on and showing a cohesive collection featuring thickened layers of acrylic paint, applied with palette knives, to tell a colour-filled impast story

Jesslyn’s work leans into the human experience of awe and the smallness that can be felt in the presence of sweeping or towering nature. Special locations and often-overlooked neighbourhood  treasures  are transformed into joyful landscapes. Each piece reflects meticulous planning of colour combinations, favouring split complementary colour palettes and fluorescent underpainting. Modern illustration and printmaking artists have been a source of inspiration and influence on Jesslyn’s emerging work.

As a professional Medical Sonographer in a Melbourne hospital, her daily experience provides opportunities for detailed images and thought. As an artist however, she seeks to shed those details and finds beauty in simplifying the colours, shapes and shadows of the natural world. Her lively, vibrant and bold style has garnered recognition, including winning the 2D category at Artz Blitz 2016 and People’s Choice in 2017. Her work is held in private collections across Australia and in Ireland.

Jesslyn is on a mission to explore ever crisper and more joyful colour combinations, while celebrating the beauty of her neighbourhood.