About jcdc
Jacqui is a visual artist and painter now based on the Bass Coast, Victoria.
Over 20 years living in the Yarra Ranges, she opened doors to her studio annually in the regions Open studios program. A lifelong career in graphic design has cultivated her creativity, ideas and discipline.
For over a decade she has exhibited paintings of Australian landscapes
exploring a sense of place as a pathway to get immersed in nature. Her paintings are derived from site sketches and memory and filled with recurring motifs and rapid gestural strokes. Her art is a fusion of natural subjects and vibrant colour palettes that create emotional intensity.
The Fauvists and Blau Reiter movements, and expressionists of early 20th century are influences that all experimented in radical ways. Jacqui is more interested in developing painterly qualities over realistic values, which keeps her paintings unique with their own alchemy and personal meaning.