{"id":707399,"date":"2026-07-23T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707399\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:58:12","slug":"joanna-blemont-transforms-watercolour-paintings-into-comics-zines-and-a-2000-frame-film-for-loewe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707399\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Bl\u00e9mont transforms watercolour paintings into comics, zines and a 2,000-frame film for Loewe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joanna Bl\u00e9mont\u2019s<\/a> paintings feel like those quiet movie scenes where you\u2019re made to dwell a little longer on a shot in anticipation of what\u2019s about to happen next. The apprehension felt in these artworks leaves you with the impression that there is something being hidden that\u2019s on the edge of being felt or seen.<\/p>\n

Although familiar, these intricate and eerie illustrated moments aren\u2019t of any particular place, and this is intentional. \u201cI tend to draw spaces which can feel familiar to a wider group of people, I approach this by removing place-specific markers,\u201d Joanna says. Instead of translating a particular landscape or space into a watercolour work, the artist\u2019s creative process consists of going on walks to take reference photographs of a range of different environments and using Google Maps to explore locations near and far to take snippets from for inspiration \u2013 a hangover from illustrating in lockdown during the pandemic. Joanna is drawn to the \u201cunreality\u201d brought about by this inconclusive mix of spaces and forms: \u201cI think the architecture in some pieces will always give away the vague location. The figures in my work are often silhouettes or shadows, they\u2019re symbolic of a presence more than a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Painting in sequences, Joanna explores one scene through multiple lenses. Sometimes these sequences start as watercolour or pencil marks and then turn into Risograph prints, comics or publications \u2013 like her latest zine Comatose, an artist book that set out to explore the theme of \u201cthe transition between wakefulness and sleep\u201d, Joanna says. More recently the artist produced an animated sequence of over 2,000 watercolour frames with a whole team of painters for fashion house Loewe\u2019s 180 year anniversary campaign<\/a>, and the result is something out of this world. Although labour intensive, what Joanna enjoys most is \u201cthe slow pace required to work with these mediums\u201d, she ends. \u201cI feel I make better work this way.\u201d<\/p>\n