“I am a figurative painter working from direct observation and drawing. The sense of place, geographical focus and personal historical memory, have always been intrinsic to my practice. In my pictorial inquiry there are always more questions than satisfactory answers. Everything is in a state of flux and continuously changing. Looking has always been important; everything looks so beautiful. I am constantly trying to understand how to interpret space in architecture and in the natural environment and transform it into a two-dimensional image.”
“I am interested in fractal images and patterns regardless of whether these fractals were generated by mathematics, humans or scenes in the natural world (coastline, trees or clouds). Echoing my background in graphic design, I use a scaffold of drawing to inquire into the compositional forces of the painting. My landscapes rely on repetition, finding their forms and colours potent emblems of the fluid and fleeting nature of all human experience.”
Judi Green studied Graphic Design at Kingston School of Art returning to painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 2001 Judi gained a scholarship to study full time at the Royal Drawing School on their Drawing Year MA programme. Artist Residencies include Kensington Palace 2009, Dumfries House 2015 and 2022. Her painting ‘Gold Beach, Jig Sector’, was selected for the Threadneedle Prize 2009, her painting ‘ Seeing Differently’ was selected for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition 2019. Group shows include the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, NEAC, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, the ING Discerning Eye, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal West Academy and Royal Society of Oil Painters.
Widely collected, Judi’s work can be found in numerous private collections including The Royal Collection, Dawn French, Sir Clive Woodward OBE, Dumfries House, Anthony Van Laast CBE and Sir Lenny Henry CBE.