Our generation is so fortunate that we have the freedom and ability to move throughout the world to work and live. It was a canny set of circumstances that brought Jess Calke to live near Long Eaton. Hailing originally from Lancashire and with a momentary stop off in our Capital for a decade or so, Jess arrived in the Midlands rather perplexed and very wide eyed.

As with most artists there was no plan, no firm pathway, apart from the will and commitment to make the most oher new circumstances and to enjoy each opportunity as it arose and to develop a new set of skills. Photography became a new passion was also influenced by her new environment. She found solace in the quiet of the countryside and warmth when close to animals and thus a genre was developed.

An opportunity arose to take a space in the Harrington Mills Studios community so she became an early resident there and has since exhibited regularly with her own solo exhibitions and as part of a wider community in competitions and participating in art and design shows.

Her solo exhibition at Harrington Mills studios from Sunday1st March 14:00 2009 takes a diverse look at our

trodden paths, the familiar, the lost in memory, the what’s to come…

It’s an exhibition that moves forward in time, yet looks back with fondness and just as life is forever 3

dimensional so is ‘The Pattern of Life’'