JANE HAMBLETON – ONE DAY
2020-11-02Jane Hambleton is a Berkeley-based artist working in multiple mediums with an emphasis on graphite drawing. Her work spans the world of painting, drawing and collage with equal agility. Whether focused on the figure or the natural world around us, her highly detailed and layered pieces explore the ephemerality of life asking us to pause, be present and look more deeply.
Each of the drawings in the exhibition are large-scale and are mostly taken from walks around the artist’s neighborhood. The title of the exhibition, One Day refers to “now”, a particular point in time. “It is all part of my practice of trying to be present in my life,” said the artist. “It happens to me most successfully when I am on my walks. I am trying to really look, to really see and to let that be all that I am doing, to observe in stillness.”
Hambleton works on Stonehenge paper with a full range of the B (softer) graphite pencils. Layering the drawing to get the exact tonal elements, she often draws each leaf and detail of the drawing seven or more times to refine the image, working carefully so as not to damage the tooth of the paper. It is a patient and reverential process.
Exhibition runs through to December 6th, 2020
Seager Gray Gallery
108 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley
CA 94941