Jeanette Barnes

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Jeanette Barnes studied Fine Art at Liverpool Polytechnic in the early 1980’s.

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Originally from a small Lancashire mill town Barnes became fascinated by the architecture, people and energy of the city and this has been her subject ever since.

 

She attained a Post-Graduate in painting at the Royal Academy Schools and was then awarded a Henry Moore scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art for an MA in printmaking. Whilst continuing with her own practice and maintaining a studio in East London, since graduating she has taught drawing on the Royal Academy of Arts Outreach programme and is also a drawing and printmaking tutor at the Royal Drawing School.

 

Drawing has always been the key to her practice and she enjoys working on a large scale, these finished drawings are not about one moment in time, but a history of events, a visual diary of change often taking many months to complete. To make these works Barnes produces a variety of sketches on location and rapidly executed compositional plans.

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Her works are in private and corporate collections including Foster+Partners, Battersea Power Station, Hammersons UK and Manchester City Art Gallery.​

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Exhibitions

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2019 Urban Journeys  Felix & Spear, London

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2018 Metropolis  Felix & Spear, London

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