Joanne Last English, b. 1962
"In these new paintings, I have returned to a more representational approach, having worked almost entirely abstractly for several years. But rather than a backward step - this feels like an exciting marrying of the two genres. Whilst the language is clear in terms of sea, sky, rocks, and land - the process is still all about the paint itself: how it moves, flows, and builds layer upon layer. I have experimented with new techniques and ideas, the challenge being to get that balance between the poetic evocation of a place - the weather, movement, and energy while celebrating the process of painting."
Born in 1962, Surrey-based painter Joanne Last originally trained as a classical pianist before undertaking a foundation course at Putney School of Art & Design. Her work has been exhibited across the UK and abroad and has been selected for major exhibitions at the Mall Galleries, London including the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Pastel Society, and The Society of Women Artists.
Last's work hangs in private and corporate collections throughout the world. Some notable commissions include Sandy Lane Hotel, Barbados; Carlton Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge; Roman Abramovich's yacht The Eclipse; and numerous private yachts. She has been represented exclusively in Cornwall by the Porthminster Gallery since 2016.
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SHOWCASE | NEW WORKS BY JOANNE LAST AND CLARE CONRAD
11 Oct - 2 Nov 2024Read more -
SUMMER SHOW: EDIT 2 | JOANNE LAST, ANNE BARRELL, CRAIG UNDERHILL & TREVOR PRICE
5 Aug - 7 Oct 2023New collections of Cornwall coastal-inspired abstract paintings by Joane Last feature alongside the Cornish coastal- and still life-themed original prints and paintings by the multi award-winning St Ives-based artist, Trevor...Read more -
SAFE HARBOUR: SUMMER COLLECTION: 1
2 Jul - 24 Sep 2022Welcome to the first of a two-phase uplifting and enervating curated Summer show featuring fresh, new artworks by eight leading award-winning contemporary artists. Celebrating the joys and beauty of summertime...Read more -
A SPACE TO BREATHE
Post-lockdown contemporary paintings and ceramics 3 Jul - 31 Aug 2021St Ives Porthminster Gallery's upcoming exhibition 'A Space to Breathe' opens on Saturday 3rd July, with a breath of fresh air at the launch of artist and "gallery favourite" Nick Bodimeade's new series of post-lockdown paintings. The exhibition will also debut fresh new paintings and ceramics made during those trying times by permanent gallery artists, Joanne Last, Freya Horsley, Barry Stedman and Geoffrey Swindell.Read more
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RELOCATION
11 Sep - 24 Oct 2020The opening collection at our new premises at 22 Fore Street is a changing showcase of artworks by some of the many established and emerging British Artists whom we represent,...Read more -
RENEWAL
28 Mar - 30 Jun 2020After a long winter of being battered by seemingly constant storms and now the Coronavirus-19 lockdown, Porthminster Gallery begins its 2020 season of specially-curated seasonal shows with an online exhibition...Read more -
ST IVES SUMMER SHOW: 12
18 May - 24 Aug 2019Porthminster Gallery in St Ives hosts its summer exhibition of coastal landscape and sea inspired paintings and ceramics by gallery artists Nick Bodimeade, Jenny Hirst, Freya Horsley, Joanne Last, Martyn Perryman, Sarah Perry, Geoffrey Swindell and Jane Muende.Read more -
ST IVES SUMMER SHOW : NINE ARTISTS
MIXED SHOW 16 Jun - 1 Sep 2018Our eleventh annual summer exhibition is a richly diverse showcase of expressive and sometimes surprising works by nine artists, all of whom are inspired by St Ives and Cornwall: Painters:...Read more -
COAST 10: EIGHT ARTISTS AND THE SEA
13 May - 10 Jun 2017We are very excited to announce our tenth coastal-themed exhibition 'COAST 10', celebrating the wonderful Cornish coastline through the eyes of eight of your favourite established painters and ceramicists:Read more -
Tide Lines
30 Apr - 25 Jun 2016Featuring stunning new collections of paintings and ceramics inspired by Cornwall's spectacular and atmospheric coastlines by six leading artists: Paintings by Angela Charles, Joanne Last, Kathy Ramsay Carr and Masako...Read more
