Jo Gray
Jo is a master of many artforms. She honed her skills renovating her family home with her father as a teenager before joining the Lauder and Howard Antiques and Fine Art team as an assistant furniture restorer. It’s here she learned the art of French polishing, which led her working on tall ships, dating back to the 1800s, in a famous shipyard in Svenborg, Denmark. With a passion for painting, she studied fine arts at the Claremont School of Art and photography at Mount Lawley TAFE, which introduced her to not only painting and drawing, but ceramics, sculpture, print-making and art history. Today, she works across painting, ceramics, sculpture and making in general, bringing all her experience together in a diverse series of works for private and commercial client commissions.
“I’ve always loved using my hands and I’ve always been intrigued by materials and how they can be worked into various forms and combinations. It’s this curiosity that has led me to work across many mediums and explore their capabilities. I’m a researcher as much as an artist, and bring my experience and love of the Australian bush and remote areas of Western Australia into my practice. I love the authenticity in nature and the soul and depth that comes with that, so always look to present that in my work to create a dialogue about the materials used and my, and our, connection to them.”
Jo is a master of many artforms. She honed her skills renovating her family home with her father as a teenager before joining the Lauder and Howard Antiques and Fine Art team as an assistant furniture restorer. It’s here she learned the art of French polishing, which led her working on tall ships, dating back to the 1800s, in a famous shipyard in Svenborg, Denmark. With a passion for painting, she studied fine arts at the Claremont School of Art and photography at Mount Lawley TAFE, which introduced her to not only painting and drawing, but ceramics, sculpture, print-making and art history. Today, she works across painting, ceramics, sculpture and making in general, bringing all her experience together in a diverse series of works for private and commercial client commissions.
“I’ve always loved using my hands and I’ve always been intrigued by materials and how they can be worked into various forms and combinations. It’s this curiosity that has led me to work across many mediums and explore their capabilities. I’m a researcher as much as an artist, and bring my experience and love of the Australian bush and remote areas of Western Australia into my practice. I love the authenticity in nature and the soul and depth that comes with that, so always look to present that in my work to create a dialogue about the materials used and my, and our, connection to them.”
Jo is a master of many artforms. She honed her skills renovating her family home with her father as a teenager before joining the Lauder and Howard Antiques and Fine Art team as an assistant furniture restorer. It’s here she learned the art of French polishing, which led her working on tall ships, dating back to the 1800s, in a famous shipyard in Svenborg, Denmark. With a passion for painting, she studied fine arts at the Claremont School of Art and photography at Mount Lawley TAFE, which introduced her to not only painting and drawing, but ceramics, sculpture, print-making and art history. Today, she works across painting, ceramics, sculpture and making in general, bringing all her experience together in a diverse series of works for private and commercial client commissions.
“I’ve always loved using my hands and I’ve always been intrigued by materials and how they can be worked into various forms and combinations. It’s this curiosity that has led me to work across many mediums and explore their capabilities. I’m a researcher as much as an artist, and bring my experience and love of the Australian bush and remote areas of Western Australia into my practice. I love the authenticity in nature and the soul and depth that comes with that, so always look to present that in my work to create a dialogue about the materials used and my, and our, connection to them.”