Norwich Art Gallery
Great Yarmouth artist Jane Hall is best known for her colourful paintings of ice creams. amusements arcades and all the other 'Kiss Me Quick' sights associated with the traditional British seaside holiday. However, a new body of work sees her art take on a quieter, more contemplative theme - the candle and the naked flame. In these new works, she depicts candles against different coloured backgrounds, exploring how the different settings (and also the different coloured candle waxes) affect the intensity and glow of the luminous flame.
Candle Paintings
These new original paintings of candles have a sense of peace and calm about them. To some art lovers they invoke religious spirituality or remembrance of those lost and sadly missed, while others are reminded of the romance of the candlelit dinner for two, or see the glowing light as a beacon of hope and a way of brightening a dark, cruel world. But then isn't that the very essence of art? It allows us the time to stop and stare and see what we want to see, or perhaps even what we need to see. It attracts, magnetises and compels us to look - much like the beauty of a naked flame.
Jane Hall's candlelight paintings are currently available at the Crome Gallery, 33 Elm Hill, Norwich, NR3 1HG.
