FROM AN EARLY AGE, marine artists Jenny Aitken forged a strong association with the sea. Although she was born in Lincoln, she and her family moved around frequently whilst she was growing up, as her father was in the RAF. The place they always returned to was Alderney, in the Channel Islands, where Dad and his family were from. It felt more like home than anywhere else, and the coast of the English Channel ignited her fascination with marine life.
Jenny’s grandfather, James Horne, was also a painter, and one of her earliest memories is of the smell of turps and oils in his studio. She remembers colouring in her mum’s drawings before she could read and doodled constantly throughout school. Whilst she studied art and art history at
