Women in Art 278 Magazine January 2018 | Page 25

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Jess Linden (b. 1988, England) is a painter and illustrator. Her paintings and illustrative works are abstract and bold, with caricature-like subjects constructed with fluid lines, sometimes shown to be looking at the viewer or as if sitting for a portrait. Some larger pieces concentrate on the face alone, confronted by the head on stares the observer could feel as if they were looking into a mirror. Others show subjects melting as if deconstructing and decaying, a metaphor for our human existence. Some subjects are shown to be made up of what could be liquid or air filled tubes, a metaphor for our blood, veins, oxygen and essentially life. The abstract oil paintings in eye catching, complimentary palettes are executed gesturally with confident lines. LEFT PAGE Into The Night 60cm x 60cm Oil on Canvas 900$ RIGHT TOP Quinevere 30cm x 30cm Oil on Canvas 300$ BOTTOM Forget Me Not 50cm x 50cm Oil on Canvas 700$ ART 25 pag e