Biography


Jane George was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in New Jersey.

Statement

I am inspired by Nature. I paint and draw natural forms and landscapes. I create paintings and drawings in my studio using natural objects, plant forms, shells, bones and other forms. I attempt to find the lyrical and the mysterious in what I see. I also use digital photography as my sketch book, taking my camera into the landscape. I then develop large paintings from my "sketches" using these images as a source for the final piece. I am fascinated by the movement, patterns, and colors found in the natural world.


Education

MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1969

BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, 1962

Further studies at Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
and The Center for Book Arts, Manhattan


Solo Exhibitions

New Providence Library, 2007

Dryfoos Gallery at Kean University, 2006

Les Malamut Art Gallery, Union Library, Union, New Jersey, 2000

HEART Grant Exhibition, Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey, 1999

Palmyra Art Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1999


Group Exhibitions


Union County Artists, Rahway Arts Guild, 2007

Woman Art, presented by the American Association of University Women, Summit, NJ, 2004

The Cryptic Canvas: An Exhibition of Paintings at Seton Hall Law School,
Newark, NJ, presented by City Without Walls Gallery, 2001

Centennial Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of NJ, 1999

New Jersey Artists, The Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC, 1995

Arts '91, New Jersey State Council of the Arts

Offices of the Board of Freeholders, Union, NJ, 1991



Awards

HEART Grant recipient, 2004 and 1999

New Jersey State Council of the Arts, 1991