René Jansen

René Jansen (b. 1962) is originally from Den Bosch, in the Netherlands. His creative practice is grounded in the familiarity of place and arises from a lifelong interest in the ecology of landscape. Through regular, solitary exploration, close attentiveness to seemingly unremarkable configurations in nature reflects an appreciation of the intrinsic beauty to be found in modest, elemental relationships that make up the wider complex connections of the natural world.

Jansen moved to North Uist in 2015. With a background in analogue darkroom photography, Jansen has worked primarily with digital technology for the last twenty years. In 2012 Jansen’s work was selected to represent the Hebrides in Images of Rural Europe, exhibited throughout Scotland and at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels.

Projects

Within View | René Jansen

Commissioned to create a new ATLAS Edition, North Uist-based photographer René Jansen looked to the iconic landscape of the Isle of Skye as the basis for his research. Inspired by his surroundings, but seeking to find an ‘alternative, inconspicuous beauty that exists within the wider scenic splendor of the Skye landscape’, Jansen created three photographic prints in a limited edition of 25, giving a unique perspective of ubiquitous locations on the Isle of Skye.

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ATLAS Editions

ATLAS Editions is a range of bespoke, limited edition multiples commissioned by ATLAS Arts. ATLAS has worked with artists to produce artworks that include: Parian vases, colouring books, maps of Skye and Portree, screen printed postcards, and photographic prints.