Exhibition

Jo Darbyshire // The Glorious Decline

Jo Darbyshire

Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline 1, 2018, oil on canvas, 150 x 120cm
Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline 1, 2018, oil on canvas, 150 x 120cm

Sic transit Gloria mundi – thus passes the glory of the world.



Paintings by Jo Darbyshire that delve into the materiality of painting, exploring the transitory nature of life, of layers of history, the beauty of life lived ... faded and grown over.

Jo Darbyshire, Cairn 2, 2018, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm
Jo Darbyshire, Cairn 3, 2018, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm
Jo Darbyshire, Let it Go 3 (Mind), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm
Jo Darbyshire, Let it Go 2 (Love), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm
Jo Darbyshire, Let it Go 1 (Boat), 2018, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm
Jo Darbyshire, Cairn 4, 2018, oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm
Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline – Magenta, 2018, oil on canvas, 121 x 140cm
Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline – Green, 2018, oil on canvas, 122 x 132cm
Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline – Rose, 2018, oil on canvas, 180 x 140cm
Jo Darybshire, The Glorious Decline – Macrocarpa, 2018, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm
Jo Darbyshire, The Glorious Decline 1, 2018, oil on canvas, 150 x 120cm