I’ve been making things since I could hold a pair of scissors. For me, producing art is an essential part of my life and I can’t imagine not doing it. My art practice evolved during my completion of a Bachelor of Arts at Newcastle University and then a Master of Letters from the University of New England.

Many things interest me as an artist from the aesthetics of colour, unusual forms and textures to the issue of making a comment through my work. I like to produce works that can be humourous and fun but I also want to make a statement about issues such as the effect of humankind on nature.

Major influences of my work include the reuse of materials that have already had a life. While it is exciting to produce an artwork from new materials, sometimes a reused material can give an artwork an extra dimension.

My head is crammed full of ideas and interpretations and I usually take months to develop some ideas. I use a sketch book to draw as well as write ideas and developments. Often I need to actually make something to resolve an idea. Sometimes it works on paper or in your head but not in the third dimension.

Also check out my other websites;

Peccadillo clothing and accessories  www.peccadillo.com.au

Artisan Sourcebook  www.artisansourcebook.com.au

 

Jane has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. She holds a BA Visual Arts and a Master of Letters, Visual Arts and is currently the Assistant Director of Manning Regional Art Gallery.

While environmental issues influence much of Jane’s work, she finds inspiration in Australian kitsch and nostalgia, leftovers from her 70s and 80s upbringing.

She has exhibited in many group exhibitions in NSW and was a finalist in Sculpture by the Sea 2004, the Waterhouse Natural History Prize 2004 and the Thursday Plantation Sculpture Show 2006.

Exhibitions

2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist

2024 Cats, Dogs and other animals, Newcastle Art Space

2019 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre

2018 Solo exhibition, Terror Australis, Manning Regional Art Gallery

2010, 2012, 2020, 2024, 2026 Northern Exposure, Glasshouse Gallery Port Macquarie

2010 Moreton Bay Region Art Awards

2009 Sculpture in the Gaol, Trial Bay

2007 3D at BP group exhibition at Blue Poles Gallery, Byabarra

2007 Confluence – Reclaim Life, North Coast artists, Port Macquarie Regional Gallery

2007 BOX, group exhibition at Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree

2007 Working Art, exhibition of TAFE art teachers at Tuncurry Campus

2007 “Song for a Tree”. Created insect props for children’s opera by Jeni van Oosten

2006 A Local Dialect, group show at Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery

2006 Finalist, Thursday Plantation Sculpture Prize, Ballina

2006 Time + Tide, group show with Julie Slavin and Cate Macgowan at the Watch House Gallery, Balmain

2005 Confluence, group show of Mid North Coast Women Sculptors,

Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery.

2005 Finalist, Aquasculpture, Port Macquarie

2005 Construct whale form for Willie the Whale project on the banks of the Manning River, Taree

2004 Finalist, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

Finalist, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum

2003 Go with the Flow, Blue Poles Gallery, Byabarra

2002. Staff to the Rescue, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Group show

2000 Forgeries, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Group show

1998 Graduate Show, Master of Letters, University of New England