introduction
"My work explores the collective human experience, documenting the traces we leave behind and reflecting on our evolving relationship with the natural world.
Through painting, bronze, and ceramic sculpture, I invite mindful contemplation on generational narratives, sensory connection, and the quiet moments that shape our shared existence."
what i create
My disciplines inform and enrich one another as I continually explore the relationship between planes and the various facets each media enables.
There is a very tactile nature in the creative process of practising as a sculptor in bronze and ceramics. For me, the direct manipulation of materials enables the artwork’s intent to develop to higher ends. Artists build a strong connection and understanding of their materials. A beautiful saying states ‘concept dictates media’. Sculpture enables art to step out into physical space, create immersive experiences and instil an emotive response - enabling the purpose of my practice.
Painting with 'buttery' textures, developing scientific reactions in material processes while working to express concepts which have social and or environmental commentary are the kinds of things that make my heart skip a beat. For me, interdisciplinary practice enables my conceptual framework as the layers within each work build up just the way I like - intricate, dreamlike, rich in mark-making and bold. I find the creative process of developing thematic work in the initial phase messy, scientific and unfolding. The rawness and instant brain to hand connection draw me to create sculptures and interdisciplinary work - primarily on canvas with inks, acrylics, oils and charcoal.
Majoring in print making and sculpture has shaped my practice. In my practise, mark-making processes are culminations of both spontaneous and controlled techniques both in the physical and the digital realm. I create artwork by hand, and evolve originals into digital collage work. The cross-over speaks to the conceptual framework being of a generation crossing over to the digital age.
Jessica Michelle Le Roux, signs under JMLR. Le Roux is a South African contemporary visual artist creating sculptures in bronze and ceramics as well as interdisciplinary artworks on wood and canvas substrates.
The artist resides in the Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa.