Joanna.Wilson.Art

08/02/2026

19/09/2025

Hundreds of artists are welcoming visitors to see how they work as part of this year's North East Open Studios event, underway this week. Creatives from Mon...

12/09/2025

North East Open Studios – 13–21 Sept 2025
🌐 www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

Over 300 artists from across the North East of Scotland will be opening their studio doors and welcoming you into their creative spaces.

Why not make a trip to Grantown-on-Spey and Boat of Garten, where a total of 14 talented local artists will be participating? 🧑‍🎨

We look forward to seeing you!

Discover Grantown

24/08/2025

It will soon be time for NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS. North East Open Studios

Please come and say hi. I am venue 135 | Joanna Wilson | GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY

Download our trail map from www.northeasyopenstudios.co.uk.

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Loosen your Grip

In Loosen Your Grip, Joanna Wilson explores the tension between control and surrender — a recurring negotiation in both the internal and external landscapes of the self. Hands dominate the foreground, clenched yet open, rendered with both anatomical care and abstract distortion. They are a site of action, anxiety, and release. The surrounding composition vibrates with contradiction: structure collapses into chaos, soft tones are pierced by acidic jolts of colour, and lines both bind and liberate the form. The body is tangled, not trapped — a reflection of the invisible scripts we hold and the freedom that follows their unraveling. This work reflects the central Code-switch theme: navigating multiplicity and transformation. Loosen Your Grip invites the viewer to consider what is gained not by holding tighter, but by letting go — of roles, perfection, and the illusion of control. It is a portrait of resistance, but also of resilience, sketched through colour, gesture, and surrender.

www.joannawilsonart.com
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24/08/2025

I will have lots of these artworks available for sale during the upcoming NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS from 13-21 SEPT 2025.

For more information visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk.

I am venue 135 | Joanna Wilson | GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY

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Loosen your Grip

In Loosen Your Grip, Joanna Wilson explores the tension between control and surrender — a recurring negotiation in both the internal and external landscapes of the self. Hands dominate the foreground, clenched yet open, rendered with both anatomical care and abstract distortion. They are a site of action, anxiety, and release. The surrounding composition vibrates with contradiction: structure collapses into chaos, soft tones are pierced by acidic jolts of colour, and lines both bind and liberate the form. The body is tangled, not trapped — a reflection of the invisible scripts we hold and the freedom that follows their unraveling. This work reflects the central Code-switch theme: navigating multiplicity and transformation. Loosen Your Grip invites the viewer to consider what is gained not by holding tighter, but by letting go — of roles, perfection, and the illusion of control. It is a portrait of resistance, but also of resilience, sketched through colour, gesture, and surrender.

www.joannawilsonart.com

24/08/2025

It will soon be time for North East Open Studios.

13-21 SEPT 2025

Joanna Wilson | Venue 135 | Grantown-on-Spey You can download the Grantown-on-spey trail map from www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

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Loosen your Grip

In Loosen Your Grip, Joanna Wilson explores the tension between control and surrender — a recurring negotiation in both the internal and external landscapes of the self. Hands dominate the foreground, clenched yet open, rendered with both anatomical care and abstract distortion. They are a site of action, anxiety, and release. The surrounding composition vibrates with contradiction: structure collapses into chaos, soft tones are pierced by acidic jolts of colour, and lines both bind and liberate the form. The body is tangled, not trapped — a reflection of the invisible scripts we hold and the freedom that follows their unraveling. This work reflects the central Code-switch theme: navigating multiplicity and transformation. Loosen Your Grip invites the viewer to consider what is gained not by holding tighter, but by letting go — of roles, perfection, and the illusion of control. It is a portrait of resistance, but also of resilience, sketched through colour, gesture, and surrender.

www.joannawilsonart.com

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24/08/2025

Not long now till North East Open Studios. North East Open Studios
13-21 SEPT 2025

Joanna Wilson | Venue 135 | Grantown-0n-Spey

You can download the Grantown-on-spey trail map from www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

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Loosen your Grip

In Loosen Your Grip, Joanna Wilson explores the tension between control and surrender — a recurring negotiation in both the internal and external landscapes of the self. Hands dominate the foreground, clenched yet open, rendered with both anatomical care and abstract distortion. They are a site of action, anxiety, and release. The surrounding composition vibrates with contradiction: structure collapses into chaos, soft tones are pierced by acidic jolts of colour, and lines both bind and liberate the form. The body is tangled, not trapped a reflection of the invisible scripts we hold and the freedom that follows their unraveling. This work reflects the central Code-switch theme: navigating multiplicity and transformation. Loosen Your Grip invites the viewer to consider what is gained not by holding tighter, but by letting go of roles, perfection, and the illusion of control. It is a portrait of resistance, but also of resilience, sketched through colour, gesture, and surrender.

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24/08/2025

Not long now till North East Open Studios. North East Open Studios

13-21 SEPT 2025

Joanna Wilson | Venue 135 | Grantown-on-Spey

You can download the Grantown-on-spey trail map from

www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

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Loosen your Grip

In Loosen Your Grip, Joanna Wilson explores the tension between control and surrender — a recurring negotiation in both the internal and external landscapes of the self. Hands dominate the foreground, clenched yet open, rendered with both anatomical care and abstract distortion. They are a site of action, anxiety, and release.

The surrounding composition vibrates with contradiction: structure collapses into chaos, soft tones are pierced by acidic jolts of colour, and lines both bind and liberate the form. The body is tangled, not trapped — a reflection of the invisible scripts we hold and the freedom that follows their unraveling.
This work reflects the central Code-switch theme: navigating multiplicity and transformation. Loosen Your Grip invites the viewer to consider what is gained not by holding tighter, but by letting go — of roles, perfection, and the illusion of control. It is a portrait of resistance, but also of resilience, sketched through colour, gesture, and surrender.

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22/08/2025

JOANNA WILSON | GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY | NEOS Venue 135

All artworks will be available for sale directly from my studio, commission-free. I’ll be opening my doors for North East Open Studios (NEOS) from 13–21 September 2025 - I’d love for you to visit and say hello!

There is so much talent to explore in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY. You can down load our trail map from https://northeastopenstudios.co.uk/member-trail-maps/

📩 Email: [email protected]
📞 Text: 07766 445406

www.joannawilsonart.com

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Inner earth

In various mythologies, Inner Earth is believed to contain hidden civilisations, landscapes, ecosystems—possibly even a central sun. Of course, the Earth's interior is well understood in geology, comprising a crust, a mantle, and outer and inner cores—none of which leaves room for the popular notion of Inner Earth. Quite clearly these concepts—both known and unknown—have captured the imagination of the artist. She positions her figurative subject in an abstracted scene of transcendent colours and fantastical shapes. This is a picture space demarcated by dualistic thinking: for every vibrant hue there is a pastel counterpart, suggesting that two things can be true at once; i.e. science and mythology may together hold the answers. The broad contours and ‘join the dots’ mark-making guide the viewer in a visual meditation on the possibility of something mysterious and complex concealed within.

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22/08/2025

JOANNA WILSON | GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY | NEOS Venue 135

All artworks will be available for sale directly from my studio, commission-free. I’ll be opening my doors for North East Open Studios (NEOS) from 13–21 September 2025 - I’d love for you to visit and say hello!

There is so much talent to explore in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY. You can down load our trail map from https://northeastopenstudios.co.uk/member-trail-maps/



📩 Email: [email protected]
📞 Text: 07766 445406

www.joannawilsonart.com

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Inner earth In various mythologies, Inner Earth is believed to contain hidden civilisations, landscapes, ecosystems—possibly even a central sun. Of course, the Earth's interior is well understood in geology, comprising a crust, a mantle, and outer and inner cores—none of which leaves room for the popular notion of Inner Earth. Quite clearly these concepts—both known and unknown—have captured the imagination of the artist. She positions her figurative subject in an abstracted scene of transcendent colours and fantastical shapes. This is a picture space demarcated by dualistic thinking: for every vibrant hue there is a pastel counterpart, suggesting that two things can be true at once; i.e. science and mythology may together hold the answers. The broad contours and ‘join the dots’ mark-making guide the viewer in a visual meditation on the possibility of something mysterious and complex concealed within.

22/08/2025

JOANNA WILSON | GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY | NEOS Venue 135

My studio will also be open to the public during North East Open Studios (NEOS) from 13–21 September 2025. Please come and say hello!

You can down load our Grantown-on-Spey trail map from
www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

📩 Email: [email protected]
📞 Text: 07766 445406

www.joannawilsonart.com

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Inner earth

In various mythologies, Inner Earth is believed to contain hidden civilisations, landscapes, ecosystems—possibly even a central sun. Of course, the Earth's interior is well understood in geology, comprising a crust, a mantle, and outer and inner cores—none of which leaves room for the popular notion of Inner Earth. Quite clearly these concepts—both known and unknown—have captured the imagination of the artist. She positions her figurative subject in an abstracted scene of transcendent colours and fantastical shapes. This is a picture space demarcated by dualistic thinking: for every vibrant hue there is a pastel counterpart, suggesting that two things can be true at once; i.e. science and mythology may together hold the answers. The broad contours and ‘join the dots’ mark-making guide the viewer in a visual meditation on the possibility of something mysterious and complex concealed within.

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