Rana began her career specialising in architectural portraiture back in the 1970s (jennirodger.co.uk). This led to greeting card designs and illustrations for posters and children’s books and many commissions in the commercial field. Her work has changed and varied considerably over the ensuing years.
In the late 80s Rana made the decision to concentrate entirely on her own personal artistic journey. There was a whole year when she spent virtually every day experimenting with texture, colour and hue. There were days when she felt she was just making a load of mess and not getting anywhere....but as she says - where is there to get to anyway?
She was profoundly moved by a trip to Australia and when she returned she began to make her own paints from natural pigments and to experiment with different media...rolling inks onto paper and working with gesso and oil pastel.
She had rediscovered the delight and satisfaction that she had found as a small child, and as a result her paintings started to take her on a new voyage of discovery.
Rana's studio is a roundhouse built of limestone and wood high up on a plateau of South West France.
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