Jane has studios on the Assiniboine River (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and also on Lake Winnipeg (Victoria Beach, Manitoba). Her art is large and small, and as eclectic as the media she uses.....oil & cold wax, acrylics, resists & collage done on paper, canvas, or wood panels.
Jane loves to take the images she sees and abstract them, slightly or completely, trying to capture the essence of the subject and the way it makes her feel.
Her work sometimes centres around houses and buildings, a theme that continues to intrigue her. Buildings are like people...with an exterior that all the world can see and an interior that is often entirely different.
Painting near the lake and the river connects her to the changing seasons, and each day the land, the animals and insects bring something new. In 2018 she began a project called "Daily Diaries". She painted 6 small works each day of what she saw, heard and felt by the water and land near her studio. In 2021, these works will be shown at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg, MB. (this exhibit is on hold because of COVID) and the Gallery in the Park in Altona, MB, in June 2021.
"Rover and Other Random Thoughts" is another body of work she recently completed. It's a silly and serious exploration of the "wild animal" who lives in our home, that beloved and mystifying creature we give human attributes to, and yet know we never fully understand.
Jane completed her BScHEc, then majored in art in her 1978 BEd degree. Her paintings are in private collections, businesses and government offices in Canada and Europe.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Juried Group Exhibitions
Selected Open Group Exhibitions
Awards
Professional Organizations
Gallery Representation
video link: http://youtu.be/DuWyMMjfDhA
Jane loves to take the images she sees and abstract them, slightly or completely, trying to capture the essence of the subject and the way it makes her feel.
Her work sometimes centres around houses and buildings, a theme that continues to intrigue her. Buildings are like people...with an exterior that all the world can see and an interior that is often entirely different.
Painting near the lake and the river connects her to the changing seasons, and each day the land, the animals and insects bring something new. In 2018 she began a project called "Daily Diaries". She painted 6 small works each day of what she saw, heard and felt by the water and land near her studio. In 2021, these works will be shown at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg, MB. (this exhibit is on hold because of COVID) and the Gallery in the Park in Altona, MB, in June 2021.
"Rover and Other Random Thoughts" is another body of work she recently completed. It's a silly and serious exploration of the "wild animal" who lives in our home, that beloved and mystifying creature we give human attributes to, and yet know we never fully understand.
Jane completed her BScHEc, then majored in art in her 1978 BEd degree. Her paintings are in private collections, businesses and government offices in Canada and Europe.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- Warehouse Artworks Gallery - Winnipeg, November 2019
- Manitoba Arts Network Touring Exhibition 2017-2018
- Portage & District Arts Council - Portage La Prairie - 2016
- Wasagaming Arts Centre - Clear Lake, MB - 2015
- Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery - Winnipeg - 2015
- Edna's Restaurant U of M - 2011, 2014
- In Plain View - Winnipeg, 2010-14
- St. Charles Retreat Centre - Winnipeg, 2011-20
- Mona Lisa, elements at U of W - Winnipeg, 2012
Selected Juried Group Exhibitions
- Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried Show - 2013-2020.
- Boreal Tours Art Show - 2018, 2019 (cancelled due to COVID, 2020)
- Summer Breeze Exhibition (North of 59 Artist's Collective) - Victoria Beach, MB, 2018, 19
- Group of 8 - Portage & District Arts Council - Portage La Prairie - 2016
- Group of 8 - Gallery in the Park - Altona, MB, 2015
- Group of 8 - Pembina Hills Arts Centre - Morden, MB, 2014
- In Plain View Members' Exhibition - Winnipeg, 2012, 2014, 2016
- Winnipeg Artists Incorporated - Winnipeg, 2011,12, 13, 14
- ECVA – Episcopalian Church Visual Arts - online, 2010, 11
- Group of 8 - Wasagaming Gallery - Clear Lake, MB, 2010, 11
- Washington Theological Consortium Juried Show - Washington, DC, 2008
Selected Open Group Exhibitions
- Group of 8 - Hair Xetra - Winnipeg, 2017
- Wayne Arthur Gallery - Winnipeg, 2015,16
- Hospice & Palliative Care MB Conference, 2014,15,16
- Group of 8 - cre8ery gallery - Winnipeg, 2011, 2013
- Winnipeg Art Gallery - Art 4 All - 2012
- Great West Life - Winnipeg, 2008-11, 2015
- Group of 8 - Gwen Fox Gallery - Selkirk, MB, 2010
- Assiniboine Park Conservatory - Winnipeg, 2008-10
- Norman Art Group Annual Judged Show - Winnipeg, 2008-10
- Winnipeg City Hall - 2002
Awards
- Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried Show 2017 - 2nd in show
- Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried Show 2014 - honorable mention
- Norman Art Group Annual Judged Show 2010 - 3rd - mixed media, honourable mention mixed media
- Norman Art Group Annual Judged Show 2009 - 1st - mixed media
- Norman Art Group Annual Judged Show 2008 & 09 - 1st - acrylic
Professional Organizations
- Member - Manitoba Society of Artists since 2016
- Member - Group of 8 Artists' Salon since 2008
- Member - MAWA since 2012
- Member - Winnipeg Art Gallery since 2005
Gallery Representation
- Soul Gallery, Winnipeg
- Poor Michael's Emporium, Onanole, Manitoba
video link: http://youtu.be/DuWyMMjfDhA