Jo March British Artist
Jo March was born in 1962 in Cornwall. Her young childhood was spent growing up in the South West of England on the family farm in the small Cornish moorland village of Darite. She studied at Sheffield University reading English and European History graduating in 1985 with a degree in History. She eventually returned to Cornish countryside and commenced painting. A self taught artist she is now recognised as one of the many gifted living artists in Cornwall.
Jo March's early childhood, spent in the beautiful and magical Cornish landscape, and the many people that she met remains a constant influence in her choice of subject and how she creates the landscapes in her art works. Inspiration for Jo's paintings is often drawn from the environment and the people of her childhood. She has abiding fascination with the eccentricities which exist just below the surface of rural life and in particular the characters that she observed in Cornwall whilst growing up.
Modern life is gradually and inexorably eroding age-old patterns of life and systems of belief. Jo March landscape paintings are an attempt to capture the essence of the bucolic farm land which has hitherto changed so little in Cornwall. The narrative landscapes Jo March creates, and the figures passing through them, are all inventions. They recall a 1960s childhood spent among the lanes, fields and farms of rural Caradon.
Talking about her paintings Jo says: “They are nostalgic tributes to the memory of people and places and a time when for all of us things were a little simpler." And, despite having spent thirty years as a professional artist, Jo adds: “Hand on heart, I’m still not sure what I’m doing.”
Imaginative, idiosyncratic and original, Jo March’s paintings are quintessentially Cornish. The result of having lived all her life in the area, coupled with a magical realist’s love of the macabre, the range of landscapes that Jo produces, peopled with super-real characters, are genuinely unique.
In addition to Red Rag modern art gallery Jo March art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Jo March artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide. In addition to original Jo March paintings her art work is also part of the Red Rag range of Limited Edition Prints.
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Jo March was born in 1962 in Cornwall. Her young childhood was spent growing up in the South West of England on the family farm in the small Cornish moorland village of Darite. She studied at Sheffield University reading English and European History graduating in 1985 with a degree in History. She eventually returned to Cornish countryside and commenced painting. A self taught artist she is now recognised as one of the many gifted living artists in Cornwall.
Jo March's early childhood, spent in the beautiful and magical Cornish landscape, and the many people that she met remains a constant influence in her choice of subject and how she creates the landscapes in her art works. Inspiration for Jo's paintings is often drawn from the environment and the people of her childhood. She has abiding fascination with the eccentricities which exist just below the surface of rural life and in particular the characters that she observed in Cornwall whilst growing up.
Modern life is gradually and inexorably eroding age-old patterns of life and systems of belief. Jo March landscape paintings are an attempt to capture the essence of the bucolic farm land which has hitherto changed so little in Cornwall. The narrative landscapes Jo March creates, and the figures passing through them, are all inventions. They recall a 1960s childhood spent among the lanes, fields and farms of rural Caradon.
Talking about her paintings Jo says: “They are nostalgic tributes to the memory of people and places and a time when for all of us things were a little simpler." And, despite having spent thirty years as a professional artist, Jo adds: “Hand on heart, I’m still not sure what I’m doing.”
Imaginative, idiosyncratic and original, Jo March’s paintings are quintessentially Cornish. The result of having lived all her life in the area, coupled with a magical realist’s love of the macabre, the range of landscapes that Jo produces, peopled with super-real characters, are genuinely unique.
In addition to Red Rag modern art gallery Jo March art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Jo March artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide. In addition to original Jo March paintings her art work is also part of the Red Rag range of Limited Edition Prints.
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Jo March British Art Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions featuring Jo March
2015
- Winter Exhibition, 22 November 2015 – 23 January 2016 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
- Figure Exhibition, 22 March 2015 – 5 April 2015 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
2014
- Christmas Show, 30 December 2014 – 1 January 2015 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
- Marine Matters, 14 August 2014 – 30 August 2014 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
- Festive Show, 1 January 2014 – 10 January 2014 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
2013
- Winter Show, 26 November 2013 – 14 December 2013 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
- Spring Scents, 13 May 2013 – 7 May 2013 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath
- The Great Outdoors, 18 March 2013 – 30 March 2013 - Red Rag Gallery, Bath