West Australian Artist Jacinda Bayne invites us to pause and connect. Her Landscapes provide a space for the viewer to breathe and to take time to reflect upon personal experiences. These large scale, evocative canvases are a fusion of experiences, memories and thoughts - light filtering through trees and water, suspended in time. Open fields of colour, smooth gradients of blues/turquoise, familiar landforms, a clearing in a forest and calm waters reflect the world above and below. Colour is always an integral part of the process that evokes emotion toward what we are seeing. Glazes of oil paint fall into considered areas and pathways. The work is smooth, fluid and rich in pigment. Seemingly accidental runs of paint are expertly controlled and purposely placed to lead the eye through the composition. The scale of the works intends to allow the viewers to immerse themselves within the work and quieten the noise of the outside world. Carefully placed, bridges, trees and bodies of water all elicit quietude and reflection. Inspired by natural beauty, Jacinda returns to her collection of sketches, photographs and paint palettes, where the endless combinations of colours create an internal dialogue. Her combination of colour, light and imagery trigger one’s own sense of place.
BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) Fine Art school, Dunedin, Otago, NZ 1997
2023 Collection – HHG Legal Perth, WA
2022 A Land of Colour, Crown Towers Crystal Club, WA
2020 White Sand – Red Dust, Earlywork Gallery, WA
2020 At the Waters Edge, Gallery One QLD
2019 Rediscovered, Linton and Kay Galleries WA
2018 Familiar Land, The Studio Gallery
2018 Gallery at 350 Bleecker, New York
2017 Merging Landscapes, Anderson Contemporary, NY
2016 Past and Present, The Studio Gallery WA
2015 Records PSAS Fremantle, WA
2014 Landscape and Memory L & K Gallery, WA
2010 In a Different Light L & K Gallery, WA
2009 Journey Through the Kimberley Monsoon Gallery Broome, WA
2007 Horizons Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, WA
2024 PSAS Resident exhibition, Fremantle, WA
2024 SALON group exhibition, FOMO Fremantle, WA
2023 Women of the West, Linton and Kay Galleries, WA
2022 Summer Group Exhibition, The Studio Gallery, WA
2021 Christmas Group Exhibition, the Studio Gallery, WA
2020 Inside an Artist’s Studio, the Studio Gallery WA
2018/19 Galvanise Artsource Members exhibition
2016 Summer exhibition Anderson Contemp. New York
2014 10yrs Mandurah Performing Arts Centre WA
2012 Directors Choice – Linton and Kay Galleries, WA
2012 International Sister City Exhibition – Chengdu, China
2010 City Art Walk Black Swan Art Prize Perth, WA
1999 Group Exhibition Stenton Gallery, E Lothian, Scotland
1997 Otago Art School 100year Exhibition Dunedin, NZ
2022 Finalist, Perth Royal Art Prize, WA
2022 Finalist, Cossack Art Award, WA
2021 Highly Commended, Cossack Art Award, WA
2019 Finalist, Art Geo, WA
2019 Finalist Royal Perth Art Prize WA
2019 Francesca Nelson Award
2017 Finalist Royal Perth Art Prize WA
2014 Highly Commended, City Of Busselton Art Award
2014 Heysen Prize Finalist SA
2013 Black Swan Heritage Finalist WA
2013 Art Prizes Australia VIC
2011 Winner - Mandjar Art Award WA
2010 WA Premiers Art Partnership Grant
2008,9,10 YAWA award Finalist and ‘Artitude’ WA
2008 Highly Commended Signature Southwest WA
2008 Highly commended Vasse Art Award WA
2006 Highly commended Canning Art Awards WA
2005 Winner - Canning Art Award WA
2016 Donnelly River WA
2013 Mowanjum Mural Art Project- Derby WA
2013 Art Residency - Arts Brookfield WA
2012 Artist residency - Chengdu China
2011 Artist In Residence – Bankwest WA
2011 Artist In Residence -True North WA
2010 Artist In Residence - Enex 100 WA
1996/7 WASPS Edinburgh, Scotland
International Art Museum Chengdu China
Mandurah Performing Arts Gallery Collection
Otago Fine Arts School Dunedin New Zealand
Go Marine WA/Singapore
Mineral House WA
True North WA
Mirvac WA
Ashburton College NZ
I paint intuitively, playing with the movement of paint on canvas to achieve unique visual effects. I create richly textured works layered with opaque and translucent paint, but I also enjoys leaving clues for the viewer about how they were constructed. Patches of blank canvas, drips or cracks in the paint are examples of my “playful but considered” technique.
“I love paint, and I use it to create a kind of visual dialogue,” says the artist whose work is at once bold, sensitive and evocative. “I want people to understand my work from the point of view of design and mood, as well as the sense of place it evokes.”
“For me, if a landscape comes to life, all I see is shape and colour. I’m completely compelled to paint it.”