Alain Jamis, artist

Our neighbour, and local artist, Alain Jamis invited us down to his studio this afternoon. He needed a high resolution photograph sending to a journalist for an article on a forthcoming exhibition. He knows that we can help with a digital camera and email. Alain has a very particular style. He explained that he uses techniques similar to early Italian painters. He fixes canvas to wooden board and makes his own paint from caseine, water, a little ammonia and paint pigment. This he applies in layers which he then sands down, creating an interesting background, until he is ready to paint the focal point. For the exhibition he was displaying, amongst others, a series of paintings of doors, one of which is displayed here. It's a style we really like.