Jane Adams
artist statement
These are a series of paintings inspired by the witness we bear to the destruction of our environment. Ghostly figures inhabit benches which commemorate lives lived and vistas once enjoyed, but which now are at risk from human activity. They are paintings which ask what it means to celebrate being alive in a world which that, by our very existence, we are helping to bring to an end. And as for the benches? They are where mankind, by means of commemorative plaques, writes down its hopes and dreams.
The paintings form a story board whereby the sea is gradually embroiled in plastic.
They are painted in acrylic and oil on Gesso board using photographs and dioramas to create the scene.
artist bio
Jane is a lazy painter. Sitting, thinking she comes up with a narrative for her painting. She creates a mise-en-scene using the humble bench. She likes to paint in acrylics oils and gouache. She starts with en plein air painting and then works in the studio with dioramas. The dioramas allow her to play with the narrative and invoke the uncanny.
Jane has a French degree from Royal Holloway London University . She has a masters in the History of Art and Design from Falmouth University 2006. She has been a teacher for many years and has a PGCE in modern language Teaching from UWE Bristol.
She has exhibited at the Crypt Gallery in St Ives July 2023. She has exhibited at Chapel House in Penzance2025
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