Under the Pier

Jo Hummel

76 x 77 cm | 29 x 30 in


Subject: Abstract
Tags: Collage, Grid, Composition, Linear


Original watercolour collage on Waterford Saunders St Cuthbert's Mill watercolour paper presented in a bespoke hardwood frame stained white.

"Under the Pier is part of my new series named 'Esplanade'. For me this is the most important work in my career to date as it explores the intricacies of my own childhood growing up in an isolated coastal tourist destination. I've revisited the places I spent time as a teenager who liked to explore abandoned seaside fairs and locked up kiosks in the grey winter months. I've tried to bring the bright pastel coastal colours or graphic shapes sourced from the memories of fun rides, windbreaks and ice cream advertising together with the eery solitude of winter. Under the Pier is a reference to teenage years, passing the time in the summer evenings hanging around under the pier, sand on our feet and lines of pier shadows falling onto the wet sand, footsteps passing overhead. About the materials... I am very fond of paper, and it has become my primary canvas. I use the very best watercolour paper from St Cuthbert's mill, which is situated in the ancient Cathedral City of Wells in the southwest of England. St Cuthberts Mill has been making paper since the 1700's using one of the few remaining cylinder mould machines left in the world."


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Jo Hummel is a multi-disciplinary artist based in the Isle of the Wight. Hummel has exhibited worldwide over the last decade, in Cape Town, Venice, Barcelona, as well as in the UK - at the Royal Academy, and Saatchi Gallery. Her work experiments with space, form, and colour; combining a multitude of conceptual interests in these vibrant yet minimalist compositions. 

Viewing her work as a form of self-research, Hummel’s pieces serve as a projection of her intimate self, as well as an internalisation of the greater natural landscape. Her use of colour is reactionary and emotionally charged, and her proximity to the ocean defines her meditative and ritual creative process. Her work is an amalgamation of painting and collage with a specific focus on the use of paper. She values the sincerity of the medium as it exposes perceived flaws, is mutable and perfect for layering. Coming from a background in digital arts Hummel views this experimentation with paper as a type of ‘editing.’ In addition, her use of the material reflects her desire to forage from her domestic setting and local environment.

Ultimately Hummel's work is transcendent, it simultaneously grounds people and allows them to escape. This is embodied by the materiality of her work and how it serves as a passage into her own consciousness, but also as a portal to the wider world. 


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