Jay Hodgins studied visual art at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver and has been gradually evolving his art practice into an evocative meditation on nature – in its many varied forms and moods. Working from his studio in Toronto, he create works in acrylic, employing complex layering of colours which are then coated in resin to create works of extraordinary depth and luminosity.
Jay’s paintings evoke the feeling of tranquility and stormy chaos at the same time. There is a feeling of solitude of nature without the intrusion of objects that or reference time. His painting style emphasizes sophisticated compositions with bursts of colour. They emote a deep talent and artistic confidence. The natural elements of the paintings seem to struggle with the more modern abstract concepts around them, to create dramatic tension.
