As I settle into the Lewis landscape and feel into exactly how I’d like to work with it, within my practice, I am a working with the cyanotype process exploring the Lewis sun-light as a drawing medium. Cyanotype, often called “blueprint” is a process whereby...
Medicinal Nature – Solo Exhibition This laser engraved series of prints are based on everyday wild flowers and shrubs, collected in Scotland and traditionally believed to have medicinal qualities. This work was exhibited in a solo exhibition at House for an Art...
The Callanish Stones are such an iconic landmark on Lewis and a place I love to spend time. In this image I wanted to move away from the many steriotypical images of the stones and portray them as an interconnected line of dancing calligraphic marks. This is a limited...
Having used Circles abstractly, in many ways in my work over the years, I am enjoying exploring elements of the Hebridean Landscape through the circular format, via drawing, painting and prints. Sometimes it’s the striation in the Gneiss rock that captivates me,...
Jenny Smith is a contemporary artist, living and working on the Isle of Lewis, whose work explores our embodied experience of memory, process and place.
Her award-wining work is exhibited nationally and internationally and is available to purchase. Jenny is also happy to work to commission.
