About Jane
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Jane Palmer has lived in Scotland, London and Sussex, working in higher education, in art libraries, and as a research consultant. She is now devoting her time to developing her art practice, with an emphasis on colour and figurative work, especially portraits, still life and landscapes.
She has studied at The New School of Art and St Andrews Place Art School in Lewes, and attended master classes (with tutors including Andrew James, Nicola Maxwell-Gumbleton and Camilla Cannon) which have developed her expressive style and provided useful discipline. Jane won the Artist of the Year award in the Brighton Artists Open Houses festival, following her first open house in May 2019. Her open house has now become an annual fixture each May, attracting many visitors.
Jane has degrees from Kent and Sussex in English and Art History, including a PhD on illness and medical representation. One of the longest PhD theses ever accepted at Sussex University, it was a labour of love which still informs her creative vision. Jane says ‘I love painting portraits and capturing those elusive moments when models forget themselves and travel somewhere else. The same with landscapes, when the light hits the horizon in the far distance – illuminating something tiny far away.’ Jane particularly values drawing, and believes technical skill and observation are crucial foundations for portraiture. Formative influences include Rembrandt, Gwen John, Vanessa Bell, Euan Uglow and Lucian Freud.
Jane is a member of the long established Fiveways Artists Group in Brighton and the Society of Sussex Painters.
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