Artist Statement
Through painting and drawing I aim to map real and imagined spaces, drawn from my own experiences, dreams and written work. My work explores spiritual practices and rituals, pulling on both local and global contexts. I explore witchcraft in relation to landscape and the natural environment and sometimes the work has a tangible presence of animals and figures. My inspirations come from a wide range of sources including books, found images and the immediate landscape surrounding my home in North-East Scotland.
Walking with my thoughts is an important part of my process. My images are rarely planned beforehand as I prefer to react to the media and colours during the creation process. Mixing media excites me and I love this unpredictable and dynamic process. I have been making my own paint from found, natural pigments such as ash from fire, mushrooms and earth, this process being a ritual within the practice of making.
Jenny Ross Aberdeen, Scotland 1989
Painting (BA (Hons), Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 2019-2022
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Glasgow, 2007-2013
Dual nationality: Scottish and Canadian
Awards
Dena Screenprint Ltd
RSW Watermark Award, 2015, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Scotland Apache Prize, Aberdeen Artists’ Society, Scotland
Wallacespace Young Artist Award, Aberdeen Artists’ Society, Scotland
Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award, RSW, Scotland
Best in Show sponsored by Strathmore Artist Papers – Society of Graphic Fine Art, London
Exhibitions
2022
RI Watercolour 210th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Society of Graphic Fine Art, 101st Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Aberdeen Artists’ Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen
2021
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
Aberdeen Artists’ Society Virtual Exhibition
2020
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
Aberdeen Artists’ Society ‘Coming Home’ Virtual Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2019
Visual Arts Scotland ‘Alight 2019’, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
The Society of Graphic Fine Art, Centenary Drawing Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London RSW 139th Open Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018
Aberdeen Artists’ Society Annual Exhibition, Duff House, Banff
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
Wells Art Contemporary Exhibition, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Open Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2017
Newave Gallery Group Exhibition, Aberdeen
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
2016
Visual Artist Unit Group Exhibition, Glasgow
Newave Gallery Group Exhibition, Aberdeen
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 5th Summer Open Annual Exhibition, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London
Newave Gallery Group Exhibition, Aberdeen
2015
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 134th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Aberdeen Artists’ Society Annual Exhibition in collaboration with Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust, Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Newave Gallery Group Exhibition, Newave Gallery, Aberdeen
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London
The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015, Jerwood Space, London
The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 135th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
The Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh