Joya: AiR / Gregory Howard / MA Painting / Manchester School of Art Postgraduate Residency

‘I came to Joya: AiR with a specific idea of what I wanted to achieve but after becoming immersed in the landscape, observing the changing conditions of light and experiencing the vastness of space from high in the hills, my plans found another track.

I found myself trying to translate this experience into abstract mark making, aiming to create a vocabulary of painted marks that captured what I observed.

The week at Joya created a desire to develop my understanding of light and space- two things fundamental to its landscape and to painting- and has provided a new stimulus to take back to the studio in Manchester.’

Simon Beckmann27 March 2023