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Jackie Garner, professional
UK-based wildlife artist
in her Gloucestershire studio.

Wildlife encounters are my inspiration. Observation and sketches reveal the subject’s appearance and character. I’m open to the fleeting or the unexpected: a colour combination, a moment of humour, the fall of light.
The relationship between subject and environment, seen through repeating shapes and colours, always fascinates.

My paintings begin with a loosely planned design over an abstract arrangement of textures and colours. The painting evolves through subsequent layers as I re-establish, correct or embellish the underlying marks. The refining continues until the result combines accuracy with atmosphere to convey my experience of the encounter, ideally leading viewers to recognise a shared experience or think “I wish I’d seen that”.