Ginny Page
Member of "Society of Women Artists" (SWA)
Official webpage www.ginnypage.com
Background
Ginny Page (British born (1963)) residing in Denmark since 1986. She started painting at the age of 10 and has worked as a full-time professional painter for more than 40 years.
Ginny is an active member of the Society of Women Artists (SWA) and the Portrait Society of America. Ginny has been exhibiting all over the world including amongst others the Mall Galleries in London with various societies, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London), ModPortrait (Barcelona), Royal Ulster Academy (Belfast), Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh), Royal Hibernian Academy (Dublin), Portrait NOW (Denmark), WG Gallery ( Netherlands) and is represented by galleries both in Denmark and internationally.
"My Funny Valentine"
Oil on panel
One of the very first flowers to bloom in springtime, this little yellow aconite holds a very special place in my heart.
Every year on 14th February (Valentine's Day) my husband picks the first bloom for me as a token of our love!
We were also married on this day and the song "my funny Valentine" has always been a part of my husband's jazz repertoire in his band where he plays double bass.
The tiny willow pattern cup is a reminder of England and where I grew up as a child.
Technique.
As with many of my smaller still life works, I often work on carefully prepared gessoed and sanded panels. Each panel has 5-7 coats of gesso which are finely sanded then polished between each layer. Working solely in oils I begin to block in the largest shapes and then using many thin layers of paint I gradually build up the details allowing drying time between each layer. I start out using various thicknesses of flat hogs' hairbrushes then for the final details I use the tiniest of brushes right down to a 10x0. After one year the painting is ready for varnish to seal and protect the work and to bring out all the depth in the colours.
My colour palette is always very limited with never more than 5 colours and I often grind my own pigments.