STEPHEN JACK

ART FOR SALE

Stephen Jack

Summer Evening, Queensland

Oil on panel
53 x 66 inches

On Exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists, annual exhibition, February 2025

Stephen Jack

Scotney Castle

Oil on canvas panel
58 x 83 cm

Stephen Jack

Distant farmstead, Queensland

Oil on canvas panel
46 x 56 cm

I came to painting from an unusual route, being for many years a purveyor of art and an agent for artists, and now after years of studying the magic of the great artists in exhibitions, auctions and museums I have been inspired to reach for my paint brushes.

I have long admired the work of artists accomplished at bathing their canvases in colour and light; not just admired them but often studied them in close detail, hoping to unlock the secrets of their techniques. Names like Turner, Singer Sargent, Munnings, Sorolla and Klimt come immediately to mind; and of course the Impressionists. I believe that studying great paintings is the key to unlocking some of their methods and bringing some of the magic into my own work.

My choice of subjects is varied. Normally I’m simply drawn by some effect of the light or atmosphere that I feel needs to be conveyed by the particular qualities of light and texture that can be achieved with oil paint.

I am very grateful for the encouragement and advice received from other artists. With this in mind I am very pleased and honoured to have been invited to exhibit one of my Australian paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists in London.