I have always painted, but I haven’t always taken the advice of Robert Downey Jr. And so I began my career doing something “useful” with my creativity by working as a typographer and graphic designer. I then moved from Sydney to New York and spent a decade as an art director in advertising.
Through those years I hoarded all sorts of ephemera—vintage storybooks, old bingo cards, the fortunes from every cookie I ever ate... so when I finally succumbed to the joy of my inner Downey Jr, I had a wealth of collage material at hand.
I paint predominantly in oils but my art is rooted in collage. For me there is an affection and tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that once belonged to someone else.
I work on the headland in Manly, Sydney. My studio is located within a bronze foundry and I share the space with a sculptor and a couple of bandicoots. We love visitors, so come up and wander around and have a coffee and a laugh with us.
19 North Fort Road, North Head, Manly NSW 2095
art@jessicawatts.com.au
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