A new exhibition celebrating the innovative work of Lincolnshire artist, Jeanette Killner, has opened at Lincoln Museum.
Killner has been working in the county since 1974. Taking inspiration from the world around her, the new exhibition is called ‘Natural Collections’ and each piece has been inspired by nature during lockdown.
All the pieces also feature recycled materials, in particular aluminium drinks cans, showing a range of techniques and skills, often influenced by a love of pattern and textiles.
As an artist Jeanette enjoys the problem - solving aspect of how to represent the varied textures, surfaces and structures found in natural forms.
The artist behind the new exhibition, Jeanette Killner, said:
“Most of the work in this exhibition was done in the last three years, and obviously three years ago everything went into lockdown. I was restricted to getting inspiration from the area that I could walk to around my house. It made me really focus on the natural world, like a lot of people did I think.
“When I went for walks, I would draw the feathers that I saw, draw the bird’s nests that I found in my garden, and that was the starting point. But what I was really interested in was collections of things in nature, collections of eggs in nests, collections of caterpillars on nettles, birds in flight migrating.
"That was really the focus and that’s why it has the title: Natural Collections. It’s the natural world and a collection of things within that.”
‘Jeanette Killner: Natural Collections’ is on display at Lincoln Museum on Danes Terrace, Lincoln, until Sunday 16 April 2023.
Lincoln Museum (formerly 'The Collection Museum') is open from Thursdays to Mondays, from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free.
Plan your visit now at www.lincolnmuseum.co.uk.