Largely
self-taught, Jane’s style has developed from what brings her pleasure both
to produce and to look at. She hopes that her
pieces will bring enjoyment, relaxation and peace to the viewer while also
perhaps heightening awareness of the beauty and colour that is to be found
all around us.
Working mainly in watercolour but also in pastel and printmaking, Jane is fascinated by the half hidden
colours in everyday scenes. Living in the ancient city of York in the north
of England, she finds the city’s beautiful historic architecture an
endless supply of subject matter, picking out the pinks, blues, purples and ochres in brickwork and stones. When painting wildlife she will find the
rainbow of hues in apparently white fur or a brown pelt.
Jane’s
first passion is portrait painting and she brings her love of fresh colour
to this discipline too. She prefers to meet her subjects in the flesh and
make some studies from life but when commissioned to work from photographs,
for whatever reason, she makes sure that she finds out all she can about the
subject from those who know and love them. In this way she can still instil
some of their personality in the painting and bring out what makes them
special.
For details of one and
two-day
watercolour workshops with Jane please click here.
Jane often takes part
in exhibitions around North Yorkshire and when possible enjoys demonstrating
and painting on the spot. Her quick watercolour sketch portraits are
particularly popular with onlookers. For details of these
events see the exhibitions page.
You can read some of the
kind comments Jane has received about her work by clicking below.
