Artist's Statement:
My canvases are layers of paint and texture exploration. Each a discovery that leads to a new revelation about the creative process. Line, shape, color, and texture created by dramatic lighting inspire my impulse to capture a composition. The challenge of combining subtle value progression, and the unpredictable marks of the painting tools fuel my obsession for making art. My goal is to restore a beginner mind during the adventure. A return to the basics. An “art elemental” pilgrimage.
Marks. Textures. Light. Movement. Layers of value pushed, scraped, and dabbed over initial blocked-in hues. Shapes created with brush and plastic & metal tools define pieces of the whole. Your eye completes the image. Jane f. Newman, creates canvases focusing on the interaction of shape against shape, value against value, and how the shadow defines the light.
Utilizing layers of underpainting to create surface texture, Newman’s style uses untraditional tools and the paint brush. Seeking out objects such as old gift cards or hotel room keys of varying sizes, shapes, and designs, Newman creates images using oil & acrylic paint that simultaneously can be viewed as abstract and hyperrealism depending on the viewers position. She explains, “I begin by blocking in the masses of value to be used like a map to then build layers allowing the underpainting to peak through, refining details as the painting progresses.”
Jane has a BFA degree from Memphis State University. She was an ADDY Award winning art director and graphic designer for Sossaman Bateman McCuddy Advertising in Memphis, TN in the early 1990’s. She has since focused her creativity on freelance design and the fine art of painting. Her work has been represented by Reflections Gallery, In Town Gallery and Bud Floral & Home all in Chattanooga, TN, as well as the Museum Gallery in Cleveland, TN. Her work has been accepted to locally juried exhibitions with Arts @ Erlanger in Chattanooga, TN, as well as regionally in the McGee Tyson Airport, Arts in the Airport in Knoxville, TN. She was accepted as a featured artist for the June 2022 exhibitions at the Emporium in Knoxville, TN, and her work was selected for both the 2021 & 2022 National Juried Exhibitions through the Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance. Ms. Newman teaches art lessons in after-school programs for at-risk children, and painting classes for adults and children. Jane was born, raised and resides in Tennessee along with her husband, daughter, and son and daughter-in-law, and first grandchild.
Work also now offered through Shop on Main in Ooltewah, TN. ShopOnMain@ooltewah.com
My canvases are layers of paint and texture exploration. Each a discovery that leads to a new revelation about the creative process. Line, shape, color, and texture created by dramatic lighting inspire my impulse to capture a composition. The challenge of combining subtle value progression, and the unpredictable marks of the painting tools fuel my obsession for making art. My goal is to restore a beginner mind during the adventure. A return to the basics. An “art elemental” pilgrimage.
Marks. Textures. Light. Movement. Layers of value pushed, scraped, and dabbed over initial blocked-in hues. Shapes created with brush and plastic & metal tools define pieces of the whole. Your eye completes the image. Jane f. Newman, creates canvases focusing on the interaction of shape against shape, value against value, and how the shadow defines the light.
Utilizing layers of underpainting to create surface texture, Newman’s style uses untraditional tools and the paint brush. Seeking out objects such as old gift cards or hotel room keys of varying sizes, shapes, and designs, Newman creates images using oil & acrylic paint that simultaneously can be viewed as abstract and hyperrealism depending on the viewers position. She explains, “I begin by blocking in the masses of value to be used like a map to then build layers allowing the underpainting to peak through, refining details as the painting progresses.”
Jane has a BFA degree from Memphis State University. She was an ADDY Award winning art director and graphic designer for Sossaman Bateman McCuddy Advertising in Memphis, TN in the early 1990’s. She has since focused her creativity on freelance design and the fine art of painting. Her work has been represented by Reflections Gallery, In Town Gallery and Bud Floral & Home all in Chattanooga, TN, as well as the Museum Gallery in Cleveland, TN. Her work has been accepted to locally juried exhibitions with Arts @ Erlanger in Chattanooga, TN, as well as regionally in the McGee Tyson Airport, Arts in the Airport in Knoxville, TN. She was accepted as a featured artist for the June 2022 exhibitions at the Emporium in Knoxville, TN, and her work was selected for both the 2021 & 2022 National Juried Exhibitions through the Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance. Ms. Newman teaches art lessons in after-school programs for at-risk children, and painting classes for adults and children. Jane was born, raised and resides in Tennessee along with her husband, daughter, and son and daughter-in-law, and first grandchild.
Work also now offered through Shop on Main in Ooltewah, TN. ShopOnMain@ooltewah.com