Jane's Design Portfolio
My Artist STatement
My first experience making art at the age of 5 was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. I don't remember making it, but it was in my bedroom for many years so I do
remember that it was a big lump of clay with all sorts of things like feathers, sticks, etc. sticking out of it.
I never made visual art again until I started quilting in the mid 1990's and realized I did not enjoy using patterns. I moved into art quilts and made those for about 5 years. After that I continued to use fabric but made art with sheer fabrics, hand-stitched together, stitched to a background fabric which was stretched and framed. In 2014 I stopped making art.
I was tired of sewing and had no inspiration to move into a new medium. In 2019 I was thinking about encaustic, but really didn't want to use hot wax so I searched for information about cold wax. I took a class at OLLI at Duke on cold wax and oil paint which gave me the tools I needed to get started on my current path.
I work without pre-planning. My art comes from inside me. I love color and curves. They show up over and over in my work. I learned to use collage both to add texture under the paint and interest on top. I have gone back to using fabric as part of my collage.
Jane's Design Portfolio
NEWS
- 10 pieces on exhibit at the NC Medical Board in Raleigh until spring. There will be an artists' talk sometime toward the end of the exhibit.
- 3 pieces have been juried into the annual Durham Art Guild juried exhibit. The exhibit will be up from November 26 until January 26.
- quite a few of my pieces will be on exhibit at Fusion Gallery, 419 Foster St, Durham from December 13 until sometime after Christmas.