MLitt Fine Art Practice School of Fine Art
Jenna Clare Maclean
(she/her)
Jenna Maclean (b.2001) is a painter from Glasgow. Her practice is rooted in abstract painting, where she explores themes of nature, nostalgia and memory enhanced by sound. The focus is primarily on procedural memory- unconscious knowledge revealed through gesture and intuitive mark-making. Jenna’s process has an emphasis on immediacy and embraces repetition. Her paintings allow for the viewer to enter a space of reminiscence. A place that is not entirely present but fragmented and distant. This can be through colour choice, application methods and mark-making.
Peated / Oil on Canvas / 220 x 160 cm / Shortlisted for ArtEvol Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery
Jenna’s practice is rooted in abstract painting, where she explores themes of nature, nostalgia and memory enhanced by sound. The focus is primarily on procedural memory- unconscious knowledge, revealed through gesture and intuitive mark-making. This piece in particular is inspired by the peaty brown tone of the River Kelvin flowing through Glasgow's Botanic Gardens.
For Sale: £2500
The Unity of Consciousness / Oil on Canvas / 220 x 160 cm / Shortlisted for ArtEvol Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery
Jenna’s practice is rooted in abstract painting, where she explores themes of nature, nostalgia and memory enhanced by sound. The focus is primarily on procedural memory- unconscious knowledge, revealed through gesture and intuitive mark-making. This piece in particular was created alongside the influence of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique no.6 Symphony. Being aware of the emotional fluctuations formed from the sound, this piece explores how positive and negative emotions ultimately collide, much like a lightening bolt charge.
For Sale: £2500
