Janice Sylvia Brock: My Life on Canvas

Brock, Janice Sylvia

ISBN 10: 1781300151 / ISBN 13: 9781781300152

Published by Philip Wilson Publishers, 2014

About this Item

Signed and nicely inscribed by the artist on title page with an odd little sketch. Minor reader lean to spine else fine in a fine dust wrapper.

Seller Inventory # 21-120-10 art american blu/white

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Janice Sylvia Brock: My Life on Canvas
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781300151
• ISBN 13: 9781781300152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Illustrator(s)

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Synopsis

Illustrated throughout with her colourful and vibrant paintings, this is the story of English artist Janice Sylvia Brock. It follows the fascinating and at times harrowing journey of a unique talent, who survived childhood illness and despite disability became an internationally successful painter. Janice Sylvia Brock: My Life on Canvas is the first book to combine her full biography with the largest selection of images yet published.

Commencing with Brock’s carefree childhood, we learn how she then started painting from a hospital bed aged eleven, how she built her artistic business, overcame tragic events including the death of her brother, survived broken marriages and of the healing that began with her first travels to the Caribbean – where she finally achieved her dream to have a studio and gallery in Barbados.

From the early, detailed Pre-Raphaelite-inspired pictures, through sun-drenched Caribbean scenes, to the contemplative oval heads that characterise her current paintings, Brock shows the ability to soak up a huge variety of influences – whether they be Impressionism, Expressionism or even elements of Surrealism – then turn them around and give her own interpretation.

Janice divides her time between Barbados and the UK with studios in both and she has a large international following. This is a celebration of an artist at the height of her powers.

About the Author

Janice Sylvia Brock is an internationally recognized artist who specializes in paintings of Caribbean life. She divides her time between the United Kingdom and Barbados. www.janicesylviabrock.com <br><br>Catherine Mason was born in Australia, raised in the United States and trained in History of Art in the UK. She has worked in the art world variously as an exhibition organizer, consultant, educator and researcher and now divides her time between Barbados and the UK, concentrating on writing. www.catherinemason.co.uk