Jane Canfield was born in New Zealand (Christchurch) in 1967 and grew up in an artistic family, with her father, Tony Canfield a collected artist, inventor, motor mechanic and designer. Every weekend they would go camping and her Dad would be sketching and painting. This love of working in nature has followed her to this day… and her love of classic cars…
“I hope my work reveals my love of life and tranquillity that I often feel either at home in the studio, or if I am travelling, finding inspiration in the landscape in my 1974 VW Kombi ‘Dot’ with my little dogs.
I constantly strive for reduction and simplification in my work, not reproducing exactly what I see, but my version of it, but I do need to have ‘seen’ it to be inspired. These days I am layering my work more and rubbing back, using a reduced colour palette and tonalism”
Jane was accepted at an early age to Graphic Design College (Randwick TAFE, Sydney 1984) and spent 20 years working in the industry, but always drew and painted, encouraged by family. She first came to notice for her strong lino cut prints but it was not until her Dad passed away in 2004 that she became a full time artist.
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Selected Exhibitions 2023 'Landscape Inspirations' , Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza |
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