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A native Kentuckian, Jane is from Lexington. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky and additional work at Southeast Missouri University, Cape Girardeau , Missouri and Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has studied with numerous nationally known artist including Tony Couch;, Judy Waggoner and a colleague of Grant Wood. Jane taught drawing and watercolor at the Community College in Elizabethtown , Kentucky in the late 1970s. Her work is in numerous private and corporate collections across the United States as well as Russia, Argentina, Ireland and Guatemala.
The Kentucky Guild of Artist and Craftsmen, Berea, The Kentucky Visual Arts at the Martket, Frankfort and the Leaxington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky are some organizations of which she is a member. Jane is represented by Collectors Gallery and Artique Galleries in Lexington, Kentucky, The Gallery and The Kentucky Artisian Center in Berea, Kentucky, Damselfly, Midway and Paul Sawyer Gallery Frankfort. She sells her work from her studio and National juried shows, several of which have been ranked in "Sunshine Artist top 100.
At present Jane is teaching watercolor and acrylic classes for adults who have always wanted to paint and are now finding time. She also tutors children in art, drawing and painting. Several of her students have received local and state recognition.
Reproductions became a part of her work in 1995 with three pieces being done by Color Q in Dayton, Ohio . In 1998 she began using the Giclee’ process done by her studio.
"Art is and always has been my source of peace and expression. I can never remember not being aware of my surroundings, life around me, and wanting to communicate these feelings and all that I see to others. My expression has taken the form of drawing and painting. I get very excited thinking of how a beautiful stream, sky or flowers could be painted . The past few years my mediums have become watercolor, pencil, ink and acrylic. It is both challenging and humbling to use these mediums successfully. I am grateful for the ability to share with others what I see and feel."
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