Stories in Ink by Jens Brasier
original exhibition at three hares gallery, the cowper and newton museum
Inspired by the natural world and fairytales, Stories in Ink is a collection of work saturated with colour and detail.
Through this collection of illustrations you can explore cafes, post offices and patisseries in a bustling woodland world, populated by some of Britain’s most enigmatic wildlife. If you look carefully you can see fragments of Olney and the surrounding villages in her work, but this time inhabited solely by British wildlife in a reimagined world.
All works are painted in highly pigmented Indian inks, creating jewel tone pieces on arches papers.
Prints and originals available for purchase here.
The fox pilgrims
by Jens Brasier
2021
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
385 mm x 485 mm
Processional worshippers make their way through a Shinto inspired forest landscape. Original work created with Indian inks on arches paper, lights and glow created with bleach, opaque ink and masking fluid.
Badger’s rock
by Jens Brasier
2020
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
420 mm x 297 mm
Forest study of the end of summer, as the ferns and bracken begin to change and wilt away for the winter. Light shafts created with bleach and opaque, white ink on Indian inks and gouache.
The forest queen
by Jens Brasier
2021
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
420 mm x 297 mm
Inspired by English folklore and the liminal spaces found in the woods. Glow and lights effects made through masking fluid, bleach and ink layers. Part of the 2021 inktober prompt list.
The windmill at harvest time
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
420 mm x 295 mm
The last of the summer sunshine pours over the apple harvest. Location based on Stevington windmill.
Café meles
by Jens Brasier
2021
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
420 mm x 297 mm
An idealized coffee stop for the badger about town. Part of the 2021 inktober prompt list.
Winter portrait
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
230 mm x 310 mm
Portraits of the seasons as nature spirits, a four part series.
Autumn portrait
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
230 mm x 310 mm
Portraits of the seasons as nature spirits, a four part series.
Summer portrait
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
230 mm x 310 mm
Portraits of the seasons as nature spirits, a four part series.
Spring portrait
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
230 mm x 310 mm
Portraits of the seasons as nature spirits, a four part series.
Aries knight
by Jens Brasier
2021
Indian ink on arches paper
290 mm x 200 mm
Concept artwork of celestial knights, based on astrological star signs.
The post service
by Jens Brasier
2020
Indian ink on arches paper
297 mm x 210 mm
Co workers stop for a break in the morning sun. Part of the 2020 inktober prompt list.
Badger’s at the roots
by Jens Brasier
2021
Indian ink on arches paper
300 mm x 202 mm
Erythristic badgers, with a genetic change making them rust coloured, and an albino badger resting for a moment.
The greengrocer, Kaminakazato
by Jens Brasier
2021
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper
420 mm x 295 mm
Based on the street corner the artist used to pass whilst living in Tokyo, where a gentleman ran a vegetable stand. There were always more cats than anything else, hiding in the produce, and he chain smoked all day. Steam from the bath house billowed down the street as bicycles whisked past, as an English lady and a Japanese gentleman taught each other vegetable names in their own languages.
The greenhouse (self portrait)
by Jens Brasier
2022
Indian ink on arches paper
420 mm x 297 mm
Self portrait of the artist.
