Jayne Farmer
Venue: Martha’s Gallery at Theatr Gwaun
Dates: 28th October to 9th December 2025
Hi, My name is Jayne Hicks, but I paint under the name Jayne Blythe Mason.
I was brought up in the historic Buckinghamshire market town of Newport Pagnell, near Milton Keynes – and before you say, yes, that’s where all the roundabouts are. I found my love of art at the age of 5, sitting on Mum’s front doorstep with my sister Sarah, happily drawing everything I could. By my twenties I had moved to Northampton and become a mum myself, to Sam, where I spent the next five years daily drawing firemen, spaceships, and Bob the Builder until my daughter came along in 2003.
Life was busy, but as the children slowly grew I found my true love of art returning.
In 2021, which was personally a difficult time for me representing the start of a new chapter in my life, I found myself standing outside the VC Gallery, Haverfordwest, gazing at the artwork in the window. I felt drawn to the VC not only because of the art, but also its military connections. By then I had surrendered my son Sam to the British Army, and I suppose I was looking for answers about the world he was stepping into. Little did I know that stepping over the threshold of the VC would also be the first step into a new me.
As I spent more time at the VC Gallery, my passion for art hit a new high, so much so that in 2023, with the support of the VC and my partner Mike, I took the massive (for me) step to put on my first exhibition. It was everything I wanted – and more, and I was hooked.
Fast forward to now. I’m still with the VC Gallery, now teaching art there myself to try and ignite that flame in others, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but for the rest of the week trying desperately to create that seminal piece of artwork that will catapult me into the limelight in my new home studio.
I’d like to dedicate this exhibition – Timeless Landscapes and Emotion – to a handful of people for very personal reasons.
To my very good friend Beverley for her bravery this year
To my very good friend Anna for the constant headaches
of what to paint (sorry!)
To my beautiful daughter Angharad for never really
loving any of my work but turning up anyway
To my Mike for truly believing in me always
To my son Sam, and my Dad, who I can’t see any more
but think about constantly.
