‘Earth, Sky and Water – A Journey’ Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, WA 2011
“Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness. ” Mark Rothko
“Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored.” Lao Tzu
Jill Kempson’s new exhibition represents a body of recent works spanning a three-year period 2008– 2011.
The journey begins in Norfolk, England, perched next to a spring fed lake and surrounded by rustling reeds, wild water birds and magnificant19thcentury landscaped arboretum of trees from all across the globe. Kempson has observed the myriad effects of light and its reflections in her series of works about Framingham Chase, a property owned by James Colman and his family.
Jill also visited the more formal, manicured and eccentric English gardens of Norwich-‘Time Past, Time Present, Time Future’ and ‘In the Garden’ while experiencing the timelessness of a wild English meadowland of Matt and Jane Colman- ‘When a Cloud Passed’
Completing the journey, depicting Earth, Sky and Water, is the brooding drama of the skies above Lago Maggiore, Italy.
‘Journey- Lago Maggiore’ and ‘Mountains- Lago Maggiore’
Many thanks go to Michelle Lamont of Norwich, without her kind assistance this project would have remained just as another
Jill Kempson 2012
Photography by Pascal Veydradier
Whispering Reeds (oil on board, 77 x 80 cm 2009) 
In the Garden (oil on board 50 x 95 cm 2009) 
Time Past Time Present, Time Future (oil on board 28 x 83 cm 2008) 
Lago Maggiore–Mountains (oil on board 40 x 77 cm 2011) 
Where the Trees Meet (oil on board 77 x 88 cm 2009) 
Tree at Water’s Edge II (oil on board 25 x 30 cm 2012) 
Then a Cloud Passed (oil on canvas 57.5 x 168 cm 2012) 
High Summer (oil on board 28 x 83 cms 2009) 
After the Rain (oil on board 28 x 83 cm 2009) 
Lago Maggiore- A Journey (oil on board 25 x 85 cms 2011) 
Still Point of the Turning World (oil on board 25 x 169 cm 2008)
