Jeannine Allen

Plymouth, United Kingdom

About the Artist
My work may begin as photographs or sketches, and I make exploratory journeys through each picture, creating new realities and watching the evolution of images. For me, art is not what you see, but what you make others see, and I have been fascinated by the enormous variety of responses which the occasional ambiguity of my work has elicited. I was born in Paris in 1944 and attended art college in Montmartre. I am a member of Drawn To The Valley, and I have been continually inspired by the wild beauty of the coastlines and moorland landscapes near my home in Plymouth. I often focus my attention on working boats, with their multi-coloured reflections and battered paintwork, and on harbours, with their sense of safety and permanence