Jayne Ensor NAPA

Jayne was born in Birmingham and moved to East Devon in 1999. She is a self taught artist working predominantly in acrylics, as the fast drying time allows a more immediate response to the layers and marks she puts down. She has always been a painter but decided to paint full time after the pandemic. It is her belief that both nature and creativity are essential to mental well being.

Jayne’s work is expressive, gestural and spontaneous often working directly to the canvas, drawing on memory, emotion and sensation, with varying degrees of abstraction.

“In my work I like to use a layered approach to create depth and intrigue. This together with the interplay of mark making techniques serve to infuse the painting with movement, emotion and light, inviting engagement with the art on multiple levels. Drawing inspiration from my daily walks along coastal paths, beaches, heaths, woodlands and rivers. I find beauty in both sweeping landscapes and minute details, all of which evoke a profound sense of wonder and invites reflection on our connection to the environment.