Jude studied fine art painting (BA hons) at art school, and has never shifted far from her primary focus and interest - landscape. She feels very connected with the earth and her work provides an escape into a space which is sometimes beautiful, tranquil and calm, and latterly sometimes turbulent. They are not necessarily grounded in the reality of a place, but are often imagined landscapes, with an occasional tenuous link to a real place or memory. You may feel mists or stillness, changing weather, showers, breezes. There is often water, and always light. Jude always has an idea of a season, a colour palette, a possible shape or form of the land or water and builds up many layers of paint intuitively and freely. The painting changes radically both in composition, colour and overall design. Earlier works have been more calm and quiet in nature, but she is now exploring more texture in her work, with a bigger variety of marks, which she feels brings more movement and excitement to her paintings.