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A lonesome figure spotted in a window during a run inspired the painting that turned out to be a local artist's favourite piece of work created this year.
When he is not freelancing as a graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist, Thinus Slabber can be found painting local landscapes and portraits with oil paint.
Thinus has been drawing since a young age and never stopped throughout school and university where he graduated with a degree in Visual Communication Design and later in Strategic Brand Management.
Pictured: In 'Locked down' Thinus painted his neighbour's rhododendron.
He moved to the island in 2014 and three years later started forging his own path as an artist. His aim, he says, is to convey "as best I can the striking, sometimes uncanny beauty of Jersey with its particular and special quality of light through landscape painting."
Earlier this year, a painting of his neighbour's rhododendron he created during lockdown earned him a spot on CCA Galleries International's Summer Exhibition.
But it's another painting he created, also influenced by the pandemic, that particularly left its mark on Thinus in 2021: 'Lady in the window', an oil on canvas measuring 80cm by 60cm.
"I went for a run and passed this house with very striking plane trails set against a crisp blue morning sky," Thinus explained.
Pictured: Thinus painted 'Lady in the window' after spotting the house on a run.
"The way the light hit the walls and palm trees conveyed a sense of longing and foreboding for me, especially as this was around March when travel was still very restricted. The plane trails seemed so far and out of reach.
"A figure in the window, locked inside perhaps, amplified this feeling of covid isolation most of us endured. This painting settled me some-how, knowing that we all shared this experience. We weren’t alone after all."
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