HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition
7 – 20 February 2025
Every three years, Highgate Gallery holds an exhibition exclusively for members of HLSI as a showcase
for their creativity. There is a huge amount of talent within the membership, including painters,
printers, photographers and embroiderers.
Each member can submit up to three artworks, and the final selection is chosen by a panel. This year
the panel consists of the artist Maggie Jennings; the doyenne of members’ art shows Mary Shurman;
and several members of the Highgate Gallery committee.
The HLSI Members’ Art Exhibition is always popular with exhibitors and Gallery visitors alike, and
is a much anticipated date in the HLSI winter programme, as well as in the wider social life of
Highgate village.
One of the exhibiting artists will be in the Gallery each day of the show, and admission is free.
All work will be for sale.
The Private View will be held on Friday 7 February, and you are cordially invited to attend.
Opening hours:
Wednesday-Friday 13.00-17.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-16.00
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Martini – the ultimate cocktail tasting with Alice Lascelles
Thursday 13th March 2025
7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £32 including welcome cocktail, Martini tasters and snacks.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Andrew MacDonald’s practice has always been about people. His work reflects a continual fascination with who we are, how we feel, what our history etches onto our features and our responses and relationship to the world around us. The show will include his twelve Food Bank Portraits completed during 2024 to raise awareness of food poverty, as well as commissioned work.
Highgate Gallery is open:
Wednesday – Fridays: 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday and Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

7 – 20 March 2025
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Sunday lunchtime concert: Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori
Sunday 23rd March
12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £15 including a glass of Buck’s Fizz
Pianists Viola Lenzi and Isabella Gori will be combining forces on the Highgate Society piano to play us some four handed jazz and folk inspired music.
Think Gershwin, Greig and Dvořák – Slavonic dances, Norwegian dances, Rhapsody in Blue and three Gershwin preludes. A colourful tapestry for dance, culture and virtuosity!
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Monday 6 Nov coffee computers 10 30

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
To sea or not to sea
Wednesday 16th April 2025
7.00 for 7.30 pm.
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom).

PRESS RELEASE
4 – 17 April 2025
Allan Jenkins: The Art of Still Life
This exhibition by fine art photographer Allan Jenkins, will focus on his ‘Still Life’ series and feature
flora and natural forms. These beautiful photographs are reminiscent of the still life paintings
of the old masters, with their elegant compositions, luminous colours and sharp details.
Jenkins has a fascination with the way that light can make objects magical and ethereal. Photography
freezes a moment in time, the objective is to record and intensify this stillness. The simplicity and honesty
of these photographs is magnified by the sharp focus and the tight, close study of intricate details.
In order to achieve a painterly effect, he applies a series of long exposures and depth of field.
His aim is to depict more than the human eye is capable of capturing in a single glance.
Traditionally, a still life includes a fully illustrated background, but Allan has developed a method of
isolating the subject matter against a neutral background, treating the objects like formal portrait sittings.
They are carefully lit and posed, and viewed from a particular point of view, much like a portrait.
The finished photograph conveys a sense of calm and serenity.
Jenkins says ‘the study of Still Life is a visual record and an investigation; it’s the search for aesthetic
refinement’. He is dedicated to furthering our appreciation of the ‘everyday’, striving to convey
an atmosphere of quiet emotion.
Allan Jenkins was born in 1969 in Wales and raised in Spain. He was educated in Spain and Yorkshire,
and has been based in London since 1993. He is best known for his hand-printed images of still life,
portraiture and figurative work.
Jenkins has exhibited widely and as a guest lecturer teaches at Central St Martins.
His work has been published in books, magazines and advertising material.
For further information please see: http://www.allanjenkins.com/.
Artist details, E: photos@allanjenkins.com
Gallery opens: Wed – Fri 13.00 – 17.00, Saturday & Sundays 10.00 – 16.00
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.
Do come along to meet your neighbours, enjoy a good cup of coffee and find out what is happening in Highgate.
The planning committee often have someone on hand to answer planning queries.