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Artist Statement:
Jane Denman is based in
England and is a practising
artist and tutor. Her
drawings, which are an
important basis for paintings,
are based on the infamous Paul
Klee quote ‘taking the line
for a walk’.
Using a very fine drawing pen
Jane her aim is to create a
fluid, connected drawing at
speed, aiming to create a
drawing in a matter of minutes
before the subject (often
figurative) has moved. The
challenge in trying to capture
the image, as a camera would
do, is one that often fails
but every so often there is
just time to get it right.
Jane has exhibited her work in
London and the south east of
England, she is happy to work
to commissions and is
currently working on large
scale drawings and prints.
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008 Chelsea Art Fair,
London
2007 Brighton Festival,
Claremont Hotel, Hove
2006 Phoenix Gallery, ‘The
Drawing Room’Brighton Art Fair
Affordable Art Fair,
London, NEC, Birmingham
Brighton Art Fair
2005 Worthing Open, First
Prize
The Portico Gallery,
Riverhead, Kent, Solo Show
2004 Brighton Art Fair
The Pond Gallery London
Artichoke ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Worthing Art Museum, West
Sussex U.K.
Mr & Mrs Peasbody, East
Sussex, U.K.
M Gaffney, Edinburgh, U.K.
K Kohler, Germany
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Jane Denman Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
not provided
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
I love languages, I speak German and would love to learn Italian and one day have a house swap in Italy. I am a keen gardener, growing things from seed is my thing, cycling and yoga. I am interested in networking with others that love drawing with pen, illustration, fashion illustration, working with oil and painting. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Drawing Pen
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Pop Art - (1958 - 1975)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Egon Schiele
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Inspiration for me very often comes from seeing drawing and paintings by great masters such as Titian, Vuillard, Matisse and one of my favourites, Picasso.
Drawing and setting myself challenges, such as drawing without looking at the paper, with my left hand. Seeing other people draw is also wonderful. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I started drawing when I was very young, I was inspired by my father who was an architect and he had some fabulous Rotring ink pens with which he demonstrated how to literally build a house with. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Drawing is my passion. My earliest creative practice began with the line, and my present work continues to explore the possibilities of the pen within painting. Whereas most traditional practices use drawing as a starting point to be painted over, my paintings maintain the line�s prominence. Drawing from such influences as Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, R B Kitaj and Japanese prints, my paintings fuse line and pure colour in order to convey the immediacy of the sketch. For me, the sketch, which records in ink one�s initial visual experience, remains the purest encounter in artistic practice. By refusing to reduce the sketch to a mere stage in a painting�s creation, I hope to blur the boundaries between painting and drawing, and broaden our conventional understanding of both practices.
Exhibitions
2005 -2006
Phoenix Gallery, �The Drawing Room�, Brighton Art Fair, Affordable Art Fair, London, NEC, Birmingham, Brighton Art Fair, Worthing Open, First Prize, The Portico Gallery, Riverhead, Kent, Solo Show
2003 - 2004
Brighton Art Fair, The Pond Gallery London, Artichoke Gallery, Burwash
Artatfive Gallery, Brighton, QUOD Art Gallery, Brighton, Northbrook College �Tutor Exhibition�, Worthing
Brighton Festival, Fiveways Open Houses
The Gallery, Ardingly, The Affordable Art Fair, London, The Under �500 Art Fair, London, Brighton Festival, Fiveways Open Houses, The Under �500 Art Fair, London, Adur Festival, Open Houseboat, Brighton Festival, Fiveways Open Houses,
1995 - 2003
Mural on exterior of houseboat at Shoreham, Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoreham, Phoenix Gallery, �Quality Street�, Brighton, Brighton Railway Station, Robertson Yard Studios �Open Studios� Brighton, Degree Exhibition, Brick Lane, London, Brighton Festival, Fiveways Open Houses
Art Education
PGCE Art and Design (Post-Compulsory)
Arts Management Certificate
BA Fine Art: Painting, Sussex
Teaching Experience
Currently: Visual Studies Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion, Tutor for Adult education classes Sussex
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