About the Artist "Jane is drawn to compositions emphasizing radiant light and rich, vibrant color."

                                                    Biography


Jane got her start in the art world growing up in Lakeside, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie where she spent every summer painting.  She graduated with a BA from Northwestern University in 1977 after studying interior architectural rendering.  Jane is a member of Oil Painters of America, the Deerpath Art League, and the North Shore Art League. She is a resident of Northfield, Illinois and shares studio space at the Treetop Studio in Winnetka, Illinois.

Over the years, Jane's work has been shown at the Toledo Museum of Art Sales and Rental Gallery, the Chicago Art Museum's former Sales and Rental Gallery, the Deerpath Gallery in Lake Forest, the Mastertouch in Northbrook and the former High Risk Gallery in Chicago.  She has also exhibited in the Fall Festival of Art in Lake Forest, Art on the Plaza in Wilmette, Catholic Charities Art Expo and Gala of the Arts as well as the annual Hilton Head National Juried Show and Art in the Gardens in Janesville, Wisconsin.

                                            

                                              Artist's Statement


I am primarily an impressionist landscape painter and it is almost always light and its effects that initially draw me to a composition.  In each of my paintings I am attempting to capture that moment in time when light bounces off certain objects affecting color, value and shapes, creating what one might call a "wow" moment.  There is usually a secondary idea behind each of my paintings as well, such as the personality of an old boat, or the feeling of a particular place or possibly some activity that is happening.  In each case, I am hoping to transport the viewer to a place and time he would like to experience.