Jan Phethean has worked internationally as a painter and award winning interior designer for 30 years. She was responsible for creating and developing the Clubhouse concept for Virgin Atlantics International Airport Upper Class Lounges in the UK and the USA. A feature of her interiors were large scale murals which Phethean designed and painted. Phethean, who has Cornish roots ,moved to Cornwall eight years ago to paint full time and lives in a remote clifftop hamlet. Her studio is in the historic Salt Cellar Workshops overlooking Porthleven Harbour.She has exhibited regularly in Sussex, London and Cornwall

Christine has her studio at Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Porthtowan, in the largest earth structure in the U.K; it is a stimulating and inspirational place to work.
‘Here I feel a strong physical and mental connection with the land and the elements, the present and the past. My paintings reflect the combination of thoughts – real and imaginary visions, conscious and subconscious, experience and memory and a balance between nature and human presence.
Inspiration for my recent work has evolved out of a combination of impressions and ideas.
One was a recent trip to Australia, where there was the opportunity to experience new and traditional indigenous art.
Another was working with collaged shapes of brightly coloured papers creating abstract images and forms to work from, which had an influence on the way I saw the surrounding landscape whilst out walking. In bright light the ploughed fields and dunes became flattened blocks of colour with interesting shapes, often juxtaposed against the sea and sky. The abstracted figures introduce a narrative element into the work, their timeless presence, heavy with a sense of being, are held within the light filled landscape each with their own story to tell.’
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