Jane Dixon chose Virginia Verran as the next artist to continue this endless panorama drawing of London.

"My Panographia drawing refers loosely to the cycle ride along Hackney Road on the way to my studio in Bethnal Green. Rapidly changing lines, shadows, shadings ,dots, dashes convey in linear and sometimes wobbly form berries, clouds, flags, furniture, symbols, wheels, signs, birds, all speeding past. There is the visible movement in front of my eyes, the sense of the body in time and space and the unseen but knowable movement of the earth in space. These are important elements in my work all of the time."

Virginia Verran makes paintings that refer loosely to the body, to it's movement in space and to peripheral fleeting images both organic and mechanical but always referring back to themselves as marks, signs and symbols.

We are very proud to announce that Virginia Verran won in September the 1st prize of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2010 (see the circular image above). This prize is United Kingdom's leading award in drawing and is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition dedicated to drawing in the UK.

www.virginiaverran.com