Artist's Statement:
My canvases are layers of value 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, Shop on Main, Blluum, and Bud Floral & Home all in Chattanooga, 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 the 2021, 2022, & 2024 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, and daughter/son-in-law and son/daughter-in-law/grandchildren in Huntsville, AL.
Education/Organizations
-Member AVA Chattanooga; Eastern Shore Artists; Knoxville Arts Alliance
-Painting Workshop with Anne Blair Brown, 2024
-Painting workshop in Italy with William McCarthy, 2023
-Painting workshop with Anne Blair Brown, 2023
-Private en plein air workshop with Tiffany Fosse, 2021
-Painting workshop with Carlos San Milan, Fall 2018
-Painting workshop with Dreama Perry, Fall 2017
-Painting workshop with Nan Cunningham, Birmingham, Alabama 2014
-Painting workshop with Robert Alpin, 2006
-Painting workshops with Elizabeth Stein in Chattanooga, Tennessee 2002-2005
-University of Tennessee Chattanooga, pursuit of BFA, 1982-1985
-Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (with a graphic design focus)-Magna Cum Laude from Memphis State University 1987
Experience
Fine Artist, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2000-present
Shop on Main. Ooltewah, Tennessee; Small format “daily paintings” priced for every collector; teach painting classes for beginners & beyond, 2022-present
Blluum. Ooltewah, Tennessee 2022-present
Emporium. Knoxville, Tennessee; Work accepted for 2021, 2022, & 2024 Juried Shows; Featured artist exhibition 2022
McGhee Tyson Arts in the Airport. Accepted 2021
Arts at Erlanger. Accepted 2021
Reflections Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2017-2021
Museum Gift Gallery. Cleveland, Tennessee 2016-2023
In Town Gallery. Chattanooga, Tennessee March 2019-February 2020
Art Teacher, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2005-2024
Volunteer teacher of art classes for children attending area after school programs
Art teacher at Art Creations art supply center teaching beginning drawing and painting classes for adults and children. 2016-2019
Children’s Art Camps, Ooltewah, Tennessee 2006-2012; 2019
Created, developed, and completed week long summer painting day camps for children ages 6-12yrs.
Freelance Artist, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Nashville , Tennessee 1992-2005, Freelance art director/designer providing logos, brochure & letterhead design.
Art Director/Graphic Design Career,
Art Director-Erickson Marketing Communications(Nashville), 1990-1991
Lamb Andrews Advertising(Nashville),1991-1992
Award Winning Art Director-Sossaman Bateman McCuddy Advertising(Memphis), 1987-1990
Designer, Art Director, & Staff Artist for Advertising Firms: Malone & Hyde(Memphis), 1987
My canvases are layers of value 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, Shop on Main, Blluum, and Bud Floral & Home all in Chattanooga, 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 the 2021, 2022, & 2024 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, and daughter/son-in-law and son/daughter-in-law/grandchildren in Huntsville, AL.
Education/Organizations
-Member AVA Chattanooga; Eastern Shore Artists; Knoxville Arts Alliance
-Painting Workshop with Anne Blair Brown, 2024
-Painting workshop in Italy with William McCarthy, 2023
-Painting workshop with Anne Blair Brown, 2023
-Private en plein air workshop with Tiffany Fosse, 2021
-Painting workshop with Carlos San Milan, Fall 2018
-Painting workshop with Dreama Perry, Fall 2017
-Painting workshop with Nan Cunningham, Birmingham, Alabama 2014
-Painting workshop with Robert Alpin, 2006
-Painting workshops with Elizabeth Stein in Chattanooga, Tennessee 2002-2005
-University of Tennessee Chattanooga, pursuit of BFA, 1982-1985
-Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (with a graphic design focus)-Magna Cum Laude from Memphis State University 1987
Experience
Fine Artist, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2000-present
Shop on Main. Ooltewah, Tennessee; Small format “daily paintings” priced for every collector; teach painting classes for beginners & beyond, 2022-present
Blluum. Ooltewah, Tennessee 2022-present
Emporium. Knoxville, Tennessee; Work accepted for 2021, 2022, & 2024 Juried Shows; Featured artist exhibition 2022
McGhee Tyson Arts in the Airport. Accepted 2021
Arts at Erlanger. Accepted 2021
Reflections Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2017-2021
Museum Gift Gallery. Cleveland, Tennessee 2016-2023
In Town Gallery. Chattanooga, Tennessee March 2019-February 2020
Art Teacher, Chattanooga, Tennessee 2005-2024
Volunteer teacher of art classes for children attending area after school programs
Art teacher at Art Creations art supply center teaching beginning drawing and painting classes for adults and children. 2016-2019
Children’s Art Camps, Ooltewah, Tennessee 2006-2012; 2019
Created, developed, and completed week long summer painting day camps for children ages 6-12yrs.
Freelance Artist, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Nashville , Tennessee 1992-2005, Freelance art director/designer providing logos, brochure & letterhead design.
Art Director/Graphic Design Career,
Art Director-Erickson Marketing Communications(Nashville), 1990-1991
Lamb Andrews Advertising(Nashville),1991-1992
Award Winning Art Director-Sossaman Bateman McCuddy Advertising(Memphis), 1987-1990
Designer, Art Director, & Staff Artist for Advertising Firms: Malone & Hyde(Memphis), 1987