Jade JennaLee
Multidisciplinary Artist — Perth, Western Australia
I have never been very good at leaving things behind.They return as paintings.Objects.Photographs.Unfinished notes.This is where I keep them.
About
I don’t always know what something is becoming.Some ideas stay with me for months or years. They return in different ways until they eventually find a place to settle—as a painting, a piece of writing, or a handmade object.I don’t think of these as separate practices, but as different ways of following the same idea.Recurring dreams, found objects, conversations, and ordinary moments often become the beginning of my work. I collect them, return to them, and slowly allow them to become something else.
Current Work
My current work explores recurring dreams, memory and observation through painting, allowing imagined places and remembered moments to gradually take shape.
The Underground Pool
2026
Watercolour, acrylic, and ink on 180gsm watercolour paper, A4
A vivid dream became the starting point for The Underground Pool. Rather than recreating the dream exactly, the painting follows the fragments that remained after waking—an underground landscape, impossible spaces, and the quiet feeling of exploring somewhere that shouldn’t exist.
Just Grabbing My Carrot
2026
Watercolour, acrylic, and ink on 180gsm watercolour paper, A4
Just Grabbing My Carrot grew from a recurring childhood dream that returned over many years. Although the details shifted with time, one strange image remained constant, gradually becoming the foundation for the painting.
Click Goes Your Seatbelt
2026
Watercolour and acrylic on 180gsm watercolour paper, A4
Click Goes Your Seatbelt grew from a recurring childhood dream that remained remarkably clear over many years. Instead of illustrating the dream directly, the painting follows the feeling it left behind: a familiar journey, a missing seatbelt, and the quiet certainty that something was about to go wrong.
JJL Archive
JJL Archive is my ongoing handmade practice.Each collection begins with an idea, place, dream or body of work, gradually taking shape through collected materials, painting and careful making.While each collection has its own identity, together they form an archive of objects connected by curiosity, collecting and storytelling.
Current Collection
Collected by the TideCollected by the Tide grew from an interest in shifting coastlines, maritime folklore and the quiet traces left behind by the sea. Inspired by old maps, weathered objects and imagined histories, the collection brings together handmade pieces that feel discovered rather than simply made.
Archive Objects
Not every piece belongs to a collection. Archive Objects brings together one-off handmade works that continue to grow alongside my wider practice, each assembled slowly from carefully chosen materials and found elements.
I Swear, I’m Fine
I Swear, I’m Fine is an ongoing body of work exploring the tension between what we show and what we carry beneath the surface. Through installation, found objects, mixed media and storytelling, the project examines identity, performance, shame, memory, and the quiet ways we learn to hide parts of ourselves.Blurring the line between beauty and discomfort, it invites viewers to question what is seen, what is concealed, and what it really means to say, “I’m fine.”
Contact
Whether it’s a question, collaboration, commission or simply a conversation, I’d be happy to hear from you.