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I Heart Jersey (2021)

The works in this series are a fondly irreverent commentary on contemporary Jersey life.
They were produced in one of the most creative periods I've ever had,

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Hollywood: La La Landes
120 x 67cm
Limited edition of 10.
There’s a bit of Beverley Hills in most parishes. This series of 'Hollywood..." pictures is 
influenced by Ed Ruscha’s ‘Hollywood Signs’ paintings. 
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Hollywood: St Brelade (The Hills)
120 x 67cm
Limited edition of 10

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Hollywood: Portelet 
120 x 67cm
Limited edition of 10
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Hollywood: St Brelade
120 x 67cm
Limited edition of 10

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Jerseyland
100 x 80cm
Limited edition of 10.  
If you’re lucky, Jersey can offer almost fairytale perfection. But the glitch through the title is a reminder that it’s not the case for everyone who lives here.
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Deja Vue 
110 x 44cm
Limited edition of 10.  
We’ve all felt deja vu in the last few years.  And La Rocco Tower seemed the most ubiquitous Jersey view for this.
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Dreamscape: Of Archirondel, I dreamt again
120 x 54cm
Limited edition of 10.  
We all generate fake news and fake views in our dreams…
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Dreamscape: I dreamt that Gorey lay before us
120 x 54cm
Limited edition of 10.  
We all generate fake news and fake views in our dreams…
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Sand Grain: Greve de Lecq
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
When I looked at this sand grain under a microscope it seemed like a lonely little gem stone.  
There’s beauty in the tiniest natural objects.
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Sand Grain: Le Braye
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
When I looked at this sand grain under a microscope it seemed like a lonely little gem stone.  
There’s beauty in the tiniest natural objects.
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I heart Jersey
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
A local take on Milton Glaser’s famous New York logo.
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Jersey eye test: our place in the World
70cm x 100cm
Limited edition of 10.  
It’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on elsewhere.
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Jersey eye test: our States Assembly
70cm x 100cm
Limited edition of 10.  
I wanted to recreate the squint of a friend as I explained that the ‘President’ of the Island’s States Assembly is the unelected Bailiff whose chair in the centre of the States Chamber is 6 inches higher than that of the unelected Lieutenant-Governor.
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Priceless coastline: Beauport
80 x 80cm
Limited edition of 10.  
Of course, ‘priceless’ means different things to different people.
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Number plate (there can be only one)
160 x 50cm
Limited edition of 10.  
I’m fascinated that certain ‘J’ numbers are more valuable than others: maths in action.
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Memento mori (when you’re at St Brelade) 
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
The morning sun seems all the more dazzling when you remind yourself of your own impermanence.
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Jersey currency
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
A variety of dazzling wealth.
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Elemental Jersey 
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
I amused myself by imagining the sort of serious book this could have come from.
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Caesarian heliocentrism 
90 x 90cm
Limited edition of 10.  
We need to regularly remind ourselves that this isn’t quite the case.
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Jersey GP 
73 x 100cm
Limited edition of 10.  
I often lie awake at night listening to the Jersey Grand Prix and wondering who’s in the lead…
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Deja Vu
110 x 44cm
Limited edition of 10.  
We’ve all felt deja vu in the last few years. And La Rocco Tower seemed the most ubiquitous Jersey view for this.
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Les Platons 150
120 x 57cm
Limited edition of 20.  
For those who’d love the Alps to be a bit closer...
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The Battle of Jersey
120 x 85cm
Limited edition of 12.  
Certain parts of the national media seemed keen to portray the recent French fishing dispute as something akin to The Battle of Jersey 2.0.
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© Russell Layton 2017-2026
  • HOME
  • GALLERIES
    • Slow Lanes Fast Lives (2026)
    • The Battle of Jersey: Peirson & Pompey (2025)
    • Jersey Parish Suns (2025)
    • The Jerseyer (2025)
    • Claude Cahun/Marcel Moore (2024/5)
    • Battle of Jersey (2023)
    • I Heart Jersey (2021)
    • How we live now (2020)
    • Fantasy Island (2016): Page 1
    • Fantasy Island (2016): Page 2
    • Jersey Landscapes (2010)
    • Guernsey/Sark Landscapes (2009)
    • Jersey Landscapes (2007)
    • Cityscapes
    • Commissions
    • Sketchbook
  • News
  • Bio
  • METHOD
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  • CONTACT
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