We’re delighted to welcome contemporary landscape artist Janine Baldwin to the Yorkshire Arboretum this Summer with a new exhibition running from Friday 16th June until Friday 14th July 2023.
Exploring the beautiful woodlands, moors and coastline which surround her, Janine makes sketches directly from the landscape and this forms the basis of her studio work. With a strong focus on mark-making and texture, she uses layers of pastel and other dry media to gradually create her artwork. Influences include Cy Twombly, Abstract Expressionism and Joan Eardley. Janine is passionate about the conservation of our landscape and since 2006 has been a conservation volunteer for the North York Moors National Park, working on tasks such as tree planting and butterfly habitat management - these projects have allowed a deeper understanding of the landscape, in turn enriching the artwork she creates.
For this exhibition Janine has created new work using pastel, charcoal, graphite and collage inspired by the stunning array of textures and forms at the Yorkshire Arboretum, and recorded her observations in a sketchbook which will be on display throughout the exhibition.
Items from the exhibition will be available to purchase. For further information please email visit@yorkshirearboretum.org or call 01653 648598.
About the Artist
Born 1979, Leeds, UK. Janine lives in Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast and produces paintings, prints and works on paper inspired by landscape. She has exhibited extensively across the UK, including with the Royal Academy of Arts, the Pastel Society and the Society of Women Artists, London. Janine's work is included in private collections worldwide and has received several prestigious awards, most recently The Artist Magazine Award in 2021. In 2017 Janine was elected a member of the Pastel Society, London, and she is also an Associate Artist of Unison Colour pastels.
