Jane de France

ABOUT Jane

Jane is a self taught, professional artist who paints from her own Auckland studio.             

Her talent was born from a strong artistic family environment. As a child she was inspired by her grandfathers paintings and her mother's drawings. She has fond memories of sketching horses with her mother from a very young age. Today Janes inspiration and encouragement comes from many sources including her husband, a singer songwriter.

Jane is a member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and exhibits with exclusive New Zealand Galleries.

She is fortunate that her artwork has attracted a very positive response.........sort after to appear on renowned international programme  "Colour In Your Life" by Graeme Stevenson and achieving sales both nationally and internationally.

Her generosity is displayed in her gift to various charities  and is the recipient of several awards. 

Judges award comment - 'Roses in the Storm' is a painting of roses floating in a vaporous mist, de France's subject is caught between

conflicting impressions of serenity and chaos. Yet, here is also an artist who in her finest moments is capable of manipulating paint on 

canvas to its best advantage.

Her awareness of tradition and her technical ability has given her the foundation from which to develop her own style as an expressionist. 

Gorgeous compositions oscillate between modern and traditional and are described as passionate, beautiful, ethereal, opulent and dramatic.

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ARTISTS STATEMENT

My love of flowers has endured and remains one of my palettes centre of focus.  Every painting gives me immense joy and satisfaction. Intuitive and spontaneous as an expressionist it represents all my feelings and energy of that particular time, depicting the world as it feels rather than it looks. My work has developed as I have as a person. When I look over past work, I see direct influences and reasons for what I have produced. Today, I have a thirst to immerse myself in these bountiful blooms and share many more artworks with all who indulge themselves in the world of art.

I do hope you enjoy my artwork as my collectors do: recalling how much enjoyment it gives them, where they hang their artwork and how proud they are to show it off.   

     A special thank you to those who have shared this with me.

                 "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself" 

                   (A Maslow quotes (American Philosopher and Psychologist, 1908 - 1970)