'Noticing how extraordinary the ordinary can be and a genuine sense of wonder are at the heart' of Jane's paintings and drawings. She attributes a great deal of value to travel and on foot explorations when it comes to her creative process. She takes these opportunities to sketch on location and engages with her surroundings intentionally to grow a deeper visual understanding of place. Back in the studio she references drawings and photographs from these locations. In her studio, she uses a wide range of media to interpret a variety of subjects, focusing particularly on landscape.
Jane enjoys finding contrast within her paintings. She often searches for an elevated viewpoint to observe the order and structure of the man-made within the landscape, combining contrasting approaches of fluid gestural mark making and linear details.
She finds herself interpreting and reinterpreting certain landscapes many times, experimenting with how atmosphere and mood can make a place distinctive. A central element of Jane's practice is experimenting with layers of mixed media until she feels she has communicated a sense of place.