About Jane

Jane is an Australian artist living and working in Kent. She paints fluid silhouettes of animals and people using gestural lines and brushstrokes. Her paintings explore the dynamic interplay between abstraction and representation, using line with an elegant yet expressive intensity.

Each work begins with a series of contour drawings which help Jane understand and connect with her subject. She then refines these spontaneous lines with a calligraphy brush and acrylic paint or ink, using fluid strokes to create striking silhouettes of living things.

Jane began drawing and painting in 2019 and credits Japan with her understanding of mark making. While living in Japan she practiced calligraphy with a Japanese master. It was a formative experience, emphasising economy of line and the potential for meaning to be present in a single brushstroke.

Originally trained as an archaeologist, Jane studied Aboriginal art from the desert homelands before winning a Commonwealth scholarship to study prehistoric design at the University of Cambridge. This background in ancient and indigenous art is now a rich resource for her artistic practice.

Inspired by the immediacy of indigenous and folk art traditions, Jane is drawn to the challenge of distilling a subject’s essence into just a few lines and a limited palette of colours; “this commitment to simplicity is both a technical and philosophical pursuit in my work”.

Jane has shown at Linden Hall Studio and been shortlisted for a number of selected exhibitions including Green & Stone Works on Paper 2025, ING Discerning Eye 2023, 2022, 2020 and Guildford House Open 2023. She was also invited to show at Australia House for ‘Australia Day 2025: A Celebration of Australian Artists’, co-curated by The High Commission of Australia and The Gallery at Green & Stone. Her works are held in private collections accross the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Exhibitions

2025
April - May - ‘In Bloom’, The Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
February - March - ‘Childhood, Interrupted’, The House of Smalls, Edinburgh
January - ‘Australia Day 2025: A Celebration of Australian Artists at Australia House’, co-curated by The High Commission of Australia and The Gallery at Green & Stone, London
January - ‘Works on Paper’, The Gallery at Green and Stone, Chelsea

2024
December - January - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
December - ‘SMALL WORKS’, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk
November - December - The Fronteer Open, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
July - September - The Pensychnant Open, North Wales
July - September - Solo Show, ‘Bodies’, Le Pinardier, Kent
July - ‘REJECTS’, Art Friend, Stoke Newington, London
March - April - ‘Bestiary’, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
March - ‘Figurative‘, Blue Koi Gallery: awarded Honourable Mention
February - ‘Figuration’ Virtual Art Exhibition, Gallery Omnibus, Dresden

2023
December - Winter Group Show, The Folkestone Art Gallery, Folkestone
December - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
November - The Guildford House Open, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford
November - ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
November - ‘We Are The Witches’, The House of Smalls, Chipping Campden
November - ‘Hi, Hey, Hello’, Fresh Salad Art Online Virtual Gallery Show and Physical Exhibition, Dog and Bone Gallery, Brighton
November - ‘My Animals’, Gallery Omnibus, Dresden
June - South East Artists Open Studios, Deal
April - Spring Group Show, The Folkestone Art Gallery, Folkestone
March - ‘Mirage’, South East Arts Society with Linden Hall Studio, Deal

2022
December - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
November - ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
August - ‘Collaborations’, Goodnestone Park with Linden Hall Studio, Kent

2021
December - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal

2020
December - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
November - ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
October - ‘Cut & Paste’, Linden Hall Studio, Deal

2019
December - The Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
November - ‘Outsider Art’, Deal Castle, Kent
September - ‘Triptych’, Mileage, Kent