Thursday, 17 August 2017

Sculpture,  wire and air dry clay


Recent work 2017
The Studio in Buxton

Collage build up for large textured oil painting


 Sml textured oil painting

Oil on canvas
Collagraph plate

Collagraph print

Thread and paper collage

Fisherman's trophy, the skin off a mermaids tail 

Collagarph plate




Textured with collage and then painted in white oil paint to show the relief
I Only have eyes for you, dry point intaglio print

Thursday, 29 October 2015


Hello All
It's approaching Christmas, again. This year has passed by in a flash.

I am delighted to be able to extend an invite to my
Christmas Art Exhibition at the Louise Jannetta Studio and Gallery in Buxton. 24 Dale Road, SK17 6NL

If you would like an invite to the Preview Evening then please do not hesitate to contact Louise via her web site http://www.louisejannetta.co.uk/contact.html.

I hope you can make it.

All the very best

Louise

 

Monday, 27 April 2015



Hi, I am opening the Studio for the two Bank Holiday weekends in May.

For the first weekend I am going to be demonstrating printing techniques and oil painting at the studio. But for the second weekend, although my Partner Mathew will be hosting the open Studio, I will be showing at the Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale along with the Peak District Artisans. 
The Studio is a lovely space with loads of light. I have over 60 originals on display in the studio so it is well worth a visit.

I hope to see you sometime over the May Open Studio events
All the very best, Louise

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

February Workshop at St John Street Gallery Ashbourne


Louise Jannetta Workshop  Painted Collage


It is a two day lesson on Feb 25th and 26th.   
The cost of the 2 day workshops are £150, which includes a 2 course lunch and refreshments for both days. A £40 deposit is required to secure your booking. To book a place please call us at 01335 347425 or email: enquiries@stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk -
 

In this workshop Louise will focus on opening your mind to the vast variety of texture, mark making, mixed medium and methods of making an image. The only boundary to this is your own imagination, there is no rules and should be no expectations to what makes up a 2D image, (painting).

Louise will supply a piece of good quality, stretched watercolour paper for you. The board and paper will be yours to take away with you as there is no guarantee that you will have the time to complete the piece, allowing you to finish it at your leisure. It is better to take your time, to accept that it is worth giving yourself the chance to play and experiment and to benefit from the advice Louise can offer.  But it is very necessary to bring along a sketch book to try out mark making and medium combinations that you will discover during the workshop.

Louise uses a number of collage techniques and will bring along a variety of materials, tools and suggestions. Please being your own supply of bits and pieces that interest and inspire you.

Louise will supply glues and applicators also some painting materials. Could you please provide some painting materials yourself, eg. acrylics and watercolour. Louise will bring a variety of inks, and some Brusho, however if you have any of these yourself it would be helpful to bring these along for your own use.

Please also bring a variety of brushes to suit your own style and techniques, although again Louise will have a supply from which to borrow.

Day 1:-Morning- A discussion of medium properties in order to appreciate some of the medium’s attributes.

-A series of mark making experiments to practice the mediums properties and to find techniques that suit you. You will be able to try out the mediums that Louise will bring along. It is such a help to try these products out before you commit to purchasing them, mediums have to suit you, your style and your methods.

Afternoon-You will now start to realise the image that you each want to convey, using the techniques that were developed in the morning. This will take some time; the structure of the painting is laid down using collage and texture. This work can be completed at home in the evening if you have any energy left.

Day 2:-Morning- On day two will move on to the painting techniques that you can apply to the image. The first part of the morning will be spent developing and experimenting with some of these techniques and the mediums available. You will be encouraged to mix mediums, to find and then experiment with these discoveries.

Afternoon -Although you will work towards the completion of the painting it is the processes that are most important. The afternoon will be about containing and controlling the techniques learnt.

Monday, 27 October 2014

Christmas Open Studio

Preview Evening 4pm to 8pm Saturday 15th November

Welcoming refreshments and cakes.

For anyone unable to make the preview evening the Studio will be open November Sun 16th, Thurs 20th, Fri 21st, Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd 12 noon till 5pm.

 I will then be open every Saturday until Christmas 12 noon to 5pm.

 We look forward to seeing you there.

 All the very best

Louise.

 Louise Jannetta
Artist

24 Dale Road,
Buxton,
Derbyshire,
SK17 6NL
Tel; 01298 214267
Mobile; 07931821191

Thursday, 7 August 2014

New Giclee Prints

"Come Fly With Me"

"Buxton Opera House"
These collagraph prints are now being produced as giclee prints and will be shown and on sale in the Gallery in The Gardens, Buxton

Wednesday, 21 May 2014


Commission completed.

This will be on show for the Derbyshire Open Arts 24th, 25th and 26th May, this Bank Holiday weekend, before it disappears into a private collection.




Wednesday, 23 April 2014


FREE TREES ART COMPETITION Free to enter


LOUISE JANNETTA is offering a beautiful prize of a FRAMED, ORIGINAL COLLAGRAPH PLATE called FREE TREES worth £395.00.

Entering is simple, Go to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/louisejannetta.page?fref=ts and

1).   LIKE AND SHARE THE POST
2).   Then leave your contact details at this link;        http://www.louisejannetta.co.uk/contact.php.

 The winner will be contacted by email.
It’s free to have a go, so go for it.  Invite your friends to join in. 

The exhibition runs from 7th May to 21st May 2014 and the prize winner will be drawn on the last day of the show 21st May.

LOOKING NORTH, Revealed Landscapes of the North West. Louise Jannetta’s forthcoming exhibition at Contemporary Six in Manchester 7th May – 21st May 2014. www.contemporarysix.co.uk. Please feel free to request a preview evening invite. http://www.contemporarysix.co.uk/?page_id=7.

Alex Rubens owner of Contemporary Six curates an exhibition celebrating the atmospheric and mesmerizing beauty of our harsh northern landscape. Silver grey skies over a beauty of remote and aloof splendour are depicted using very different techniques; Louise Jannetta’s highly unique collagraph plates have a stark metallic romance, whilst photography, pastels and oils are the means of expression by the artists John Eastwood, Sandra Orme and Matthew Bourne.
 

 

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Summer 2014

Gearing up for Summer. I have got some fantastic opportunities this year.
I start with an exhibition at Contemporary Six in Manchester 7th May -21st May.     
Meanwhile Vermilion Gallery in Knutsford have asked me to supply work for a large space in their new gallery in Knutsford. That will be an impressive gallery space, one of the largest in Britain. 
Then in June I will be hosted by both Opus Gallery and St Johns Street Gallery in Ashbourne for the Ashbourne Festival, a very welcome boost and a lovely vote of confidence.   
The Great Dome Fair in July
And lastly a one man show at the new Vermilion Gallery in October.  
Also I forgot, in the middle of all this both Contemporary Six and Gallery 23 in Stalybridge want to take my work to the Buy Art Fair in Manchester in September. Better get producing.
A lot of work but nicely spaced so I should be able to cope so long as no one gets ill. And what a nice problem to have.



I have completed a large oil painting which I hope to show at the exhibition; Looking North- Revealed landscapes of the North West  at Contemporary Six 7th to 21st May. This is a large textured oil painting and a 2D reproduction doesn't do it justice. You will have to come and see the real thing. It was a joy to paint, once it got going. Once all the depths have been painted in, the darks and the singing shadows, I drag bright yellow across the painting to bring in the light and it is then that the painting suddenly comes alive. I am very proud of this one and I hope you can see something of it here.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014


Workshops with Louise Jannetta for 2014

 
The workshops in Louise’s studio run form 10 am to 4.30pm. All materials are provided, and refreshments are served all day, but you will need to bring your own lunch. The cost of a lesson is £50.00 for the day.

The lessons are restricted to only six customers per lesson so that Louise can give tuition focused on each person’s needs.

Rear of No 24 Dale Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6NL
Tel; 01298 214267, Mobile; 07931821191


 April Sat 5th -  Collagraph Techniques
May Sat 3rd -  Watercolour
June Sat 7th – Collage

July Sat 5th- Collagraph Techniques

August Sat 2nd- Feltwork
September Sat 6th- Using pastel with watercolour

Oct Sat 4th- Pastel Landscapes

Monday, 23 December 2013

2013

I have had a wonderful 2013, with fantastic support from clients and galleries for which I am very, very, grateful.  I am going into 2014 having had fantastic sales and response to the work in galleries and a few commissions to keep me busy in January and February.

I have had continued support from Opus Gallery in Ashbourne, www.opusgalleryashbourne.com, and a lovely stream of Christmas sales at Contemporary Six in Manchester, www.contemporarysix.co.uk. And on my birthday in November Vermilian Gallery in Knutsford, www.vermiliongallery.co.uk, took my work and used the work for the Christmas window display. The owners of Vermilian Gallery have been tremendously encouraging and enthusiastic about the work.  It has been lovely to have had this encouragement for the past year and I hope 2014 brings continued success. I am really looking forward to 2014.


Monday, 1 July 2013

Summer 2013


Gearing up for summer there are so many shows and events to do.

I have just stood the Art Market in Holmfirth a very good quality artist and designers fair with a stringent application process. This means that there are some very high quality designers showing and some wonderful creations on sale. http://theartsmarket.blogspot.co.uk/

Whilst I was in Holmfirth I put the two paintings that had been accepted into the Macmillan Trust Art Show in the Civic Hall in Holmfirth. http://www.holmfirthartweek.org.uk/history/macmillan-support. The show looked like it was going to be very lively, full to the brim of interesting paintings. It should be good and I would recommend it.

Next there is the fantastic Peak District Artisan’s 6th Annual Great Dome Fair. This is held at the Dome in Buxton Derbyshire and this year host 62 artists and designers. It is a lovely venue with a good atmosphere and vibe. So I hope you are able to attend on the preview evening on the 19th July, see http://www.peakdistrictartisans.co.uk/2013/06/16/6th-annual-great-dome-art-fair-get-your-preview-invitation-now/. There will be live music and lots to see.

Wednesday, 15 May 2013


Hello Everyone


I have been incredibly busy and have not found any time to pass on all the news, so I will get it all done in one go now as it looks like things will run away with me again.

I have loads of really good news.

I was lucky enough to have Wendy Levy from the Wendy J. Levy Gallery in Didsbury, Manchester come and visit the studio.  Wendy kindly asked me to submit three pieces for her Summer Open Exhibition and has very kindly accepted the three pieces for the show. So this Summer I will be showing at The Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art Gallery.  http://www.wendyjlevy.com/
 
 

My work has also been accepted by Opus Gallery in Ashbourne.  The owner, Catherine Caffrey, said that she has not had such a good response to new work for a very long time and has sold a number of pieces of work, http://www.opusgalleryashbourne.com.
 

I have also been taken on by Cloud Gallery in Chester and also in Brighton. http://www.cloudgalleryfineart.co.uk

And lastly I have been selected for Art in the Pen 2013 in Skipton. I am really looking forward to this event, which has developed a very good reputation and hosts some very good artists and some wonderful art. I have booked my little hotel and although I know that it will be work I am sure that this will be a real pleasure as well, http://www.artinthepen.org.uk.

Monday, 10 December 2012


Thank you to everyone for visiting the studio over the last couple of weeks. I will be open until Dec 17th and then closed, except by appointment, till just after Christmas.
 
Derbyshire Life is doing an editorial on "Visit Buxton" in the January 2013 edition so I have put in a little advert and will be open again on Wed to Sun 10am till 5pm for the month of January. I am sorry but I will then go back to open by appointment only until further notice.
 
All this exhibition activity has been good for me and I have had a number of good sales. With particular thanks to Smithyfold Studios in Glossop (www.smithyfoldstudios.co.uk) and more recently Bakewell Art and Design.(bakewellartsanddesign.com)
 
Also Webbs Fine Art Gallery, London is featuring my prints on the front page of the web site.
 
I have been madly recreating more images to replace those sold and have just been over to resupply Bakewell Art and Design.

There has been a bit of a rush on my White Woods series, both the plain mixed paper woodland and also those painted in the soft winter light colours.



A lasting impression

Thursday, 1 November 2012


Louise Jannetta

Christmas Open Art Studio with Guest Actor and Photographer, Bill Ward

 

Louise is opening the doors of her Studio for a one month Christmas Exhibition, running from the 17th of November to the 16th December.



Louise is quickly gaining a reputation for her large textured oil paintings of trees. These paintings capture light in their structure and colour. The paintings are best viewed in natural light when the light changes with the sun or the clouds, the texture and depth create their own shadows which move with the changing light.
Louise is collecting together all her major works from the galleries that represent her in the area to show in this Christmas exhibition.
She will also be exhibiting her limited edition collagraphs prints, (Similar to the etching process only the plates are much more vulnerable and so will only print an edition run of up to 25 prints). These start a very reasonable £25.00.



Guest Artist


Louise is delighted to be hosting the work of actor, Bill Ward,  and to extend an invite to her customers to view Bill Wards beautiful time lapse photographs.


Bill Ward is an actor and photographer. He is best known for playing bad boy, Charlie Stubbs, in Coronation Street.  To view his photographs see his web site, www.thingsthatihaveseen.com.


The Studio will be open T
uesday to Sunday 10am till 5pm 17th November to 16th December.
We hope that these opening times will afford all customers ample opportunity to visit at leisure and at their own convenience.

There will be refreshments available.


 

Tuesday, 9 October 2012


It has been a very busy summer with all the art fairs that take place whilst the weather is good. There is however still a lot happening with the run up to Christmas
I am taking part in a number of events; please see my events listing, with a Christmas Open Studio Exhibition at my Studio in Buxton. I always really enjoy my Christmas Open Studio events as it is a lovely chance to catch up with all the customers that have supported me throughout the past year.  Everyone is more than welcome and will be greeted with tea/coffee and cakes. I will be open from the 17th of November to the 16th December, Tuesday to Sunday 10am till 5pm.
I am going to gather as much art work as I can from the various galleries that represent me in the area to make a large and comprehensive show.

The Studio


We have just finished the Buy Art Fair in Manchester, where I was hosted by Webbs Fine Art Gallery from London. It was hard work but very exciting and really good to be in the thick of it all in Manchester. I stood with David Farren who is a fantastic painter of London and Manchester street scenes and Bill Ward who is an actor and photographer. Bill played the bad boy Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and takes beautiful time lapse photographs.

 


 

David farren at the Buy Art Fair 2012

Liz, David and I on the Webbs Fine Art stand at the Buy Art Fair Manchester 2012
 
Bill Ward and i at the But Art Fair Manchester 2012


Monday, 21 May 2012

Update on May 22nd 2012

It’s been a busy start to the year, catching up with work for this year’s exhibitions.
I have completed four new, large, textured oil paintings. These are two of the new paintings.

The other two have streams running through the woods. The Derbyshire hills trickle with loads of little streams that are beer coloured but very clear so you see all the rocks and pebbles beneath the surface.

All these paintings rely heavily on texture to create the illusion of depth and to play with the light both within the painting and across it.


  






















I have produced a number of collagraphs and kept some small and therefore affordable. I will have some of these on show at the Derbyshire Open Arts Event.
And I have also developed a range of textured paper paintings, still on the theme of trees, but using the different textures in paper to enhance the tonal values of the paintings. Many of these are left white, as the different shades of white in all the different papers creates a subtle picture that relies on tones and shadows.


Monday, 1 August 2011

Hello

Hello and welcome to my blog,

Here you will be able to find information about my latest events and any interesting news I have to share.

I am delighted to have had work accepted at the Bakwell Art and Design Studio in Bakewell in Derbyshire. Its a lovely gallery with lots of natural light flooding in, so my textured oil paintings are shown at their best. The web site is www.bakewellartsanddesign.com with a little more infomation on www.facebook.com/pages/Bakewell-Arts-and-Design-Galleries-and-Studios/116936031670066


I am also pleased to have been asked to produce a number of pieces for my own exhibition of work at St John's Street Gallery in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, www.sjsg.co.uk.
This exhibition is to run from 30th March to the 30th April 2012. Please contact me if you would like an invite to the private view; enquiries@louisejannetta.co.uk.

A good start to the year.

And last but not least, The Smithy Studios in Glossop, Derbyshire have also asked me to exhibit in the gallery. We have arranged for a show starting in the beginning of October and running to 17/18th of November 2012. I know its early days but please feel free to contact me about the event and also if you would like to be invited to the private view;enquiries@louisejannetta.co.uk.


    Louise