Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.
An Interview with Jacqui Grantford.

Who and where are you from?

My name is Jacqui and I live in Melbourne Australia. At the end of my street there are lovely parklands where I do see the occasional kangaroo, so the myth of kangaroos living in suburbia is true in this instance at least. 

How you got into this?

I started as a musician playing the piano and violin, but I always knew that I would come to art as it’s been a major part of who I am ever since I can remember. I think the music was a time of exploration before I refocused to where I was supposed to be. And also a way to find links between all forms of creativity. When my children were born I became obsessed with painting them (and still do regularly). I’m really not doing anything I wasn’t when I was 2 and was painting portraits of everyone around me. I also paint many other things apart from portraits, but in a way I view everything as one. A city scape is a portrait of the building’s character and personality, and a surrealist piece is a portrait of a thought or idea. 


What is your driving force?

I’m not sure I can really describe what my driving force is, except that I’m uptight and unhappy if I’m not creating something. It’s a state of being more than anything, and to do otherwise would feel like I was cheating who I really am.


What kind of work you do and why?

My work is primarily realistic, although I have dabbled in other areas for fun. I always come back to it, though, as there is nothing so satisfying than knowing that you’ve captured the essence of something. I paint portraits, cityscapes, figurative surrealism… whatever appeals to me at the time. And I work in a variety of mediums in 2D and 3D work – oil, encaustic, acrylic, pencil, plaster…
I think I’m still playing to find my voice.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.

Paintings by Jacqui Grantford from Australia.
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