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Scottish Contemporary Artist
JANE CARTNEY, originally from Aberdeen, is an established artist and musician currently based at her Art Studio and Gallery in Weston-super-Mare on the Somerset coast.
Her paintings have been shown in Europe, as well as both in England and Scotland, and some work is now held in private collections in the UK and the USA.
Described as a colourist-expressionist, Cartney is a spontaneous artist who works intuitively. The main body of her work is informed and inspired by form and colour, either in architecture or the landscape. With her long interest in figurative work, Cartney now accepts private portrait commissions.
'She has been compared to both Van Gogh and Gaudi and her work does feel like it contains the wonder of Gaudi with the edgy paranoia of the Dutch post impressionist' Paul Wynter, LondonArt, 2010
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| Work in progress: Portrait of a Cotswold Ewe, oil on canvas, March 2012 |
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'I strive to express graphically the power of the subject, the mass and movement in the structure, the spectrum of colour radiating from the object, in essence the life force. The intangible inspires me to paint, in much the same way that hearing a piece of music or a particular voice inspires me to sing. I am driven to create and recreate the experience of initial inspiration and to communicate and share the sentient experience with the viewer' |
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News:
Facebook
Keep up to date with my studio work, associated artists' news, current sale catalogue, events, past exhibitions and much more on the Jane Cartney Art Studio & Gallery dedicated Facebook page:
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Life Drawing
After a very long gap, I have recently returned to life drawing. Here are two works from recent classes with Bristol Drawing School which are held in the main gallery of the RWA - a lovely inspiring spacious venue.
http://www.drawingschool.org.uk/.
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New Web Site
A new website which will combine both the art and music elements of my activities is currently being created and will replace my 4 original websites including this one. Inevitably some original content from the other sites will be off-line during this process. My apologies if you are unable to find the information you hoped to find - please do get in touch via the contact page on this site with any questions. |
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New Social Art Enterprise in Weston-super-Mare
I have been invited to be a featured artist at THE GALLERY @ Digital Photo Studio in Weston-super-Mare where I will be showing four works of art each month. This innovative enterprise has dedicated the entire first floor of a lovely converted chapel in the centre of the town as a gallery to promote the work of professional artists from the area, with a series of monthly exhibitions.
THE GALLERY @ Digital Photo Studio, 3 Locking Road, W-s-M BS 23 3BY. Open Mon-Sat 9am - 6pm.
Tel: 01934 626616
www.digitalphotoscanning.co.uk |
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Blue Coat, 2011, oil on canvas, 76.2x61cm |
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Italy
I have been selected to show works both in Florence and Rome.
I am in the throws of organizing to show at the Florence Biennale later this year.
I have also been invited to mount a one-woman exhibition in 2012/2013 at a small gallery in the centre of Rome close to San Carlino, Borromini's famous baroque church. Prior to the solo exhibition, I plan to show a small selection of my work in 2012 at a group exhibition of emerging artists with Galleria Tondinelli |
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome (published under licence) |
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Budapest
In 2009 I was invited to show three of my paintings in the World Wide View Exhibition at the Opera Gallery in the heart of Hungary's capital city - the first time my work was shown in continental Europe.
Boulevard in Blue (right) created in 2006 & the first of the Boulevard paintings in the Weston-super-Mare Series, was one of the works |
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POSTCARDS FOR SICK KIDS 2010
Quizzical Cow oil on canvas board, and Lewis goes to Edinburgh pen and ink, were created specially to raise funds at the Event exhibition and sale at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh,Scotland in November 2010.
www.edinburghsickkids.org
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A 2010 REVIEW of my paintings by Paul Wynter of LondonArt is reproduced on my Biography page - click here and scroll down |
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The Artist's Garden
Jane and Michael's Sanctuary Garden was designed and created in 2003, and is interesting in all seasons. Friends and fellow artists are most welcome to drop in and enjoy this special place. Phone me on 01934 418198 or contact me by email. |
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Portrait Commissions
I accept private portrait commissions. If you are considering commissioning a portrait, please contact me to arrange a confidential consultation. Portrait of Richard Glover, 2008-9, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm. |
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Art for Charity
I have supported a number of charities in the UK and the USA in recent years by creating special work and donating paintings, prints and cards fto raise funds for special causes.
The charities I have supported are: The Sick Kids Friends Foundation at Edinburgh Royal Royal Hospital for Children www.edinburghsickkids.org, The Society of Scottish Artists
www.s-s-a.org,
The Brooke Hospital for Animals
www.thebrooke.org,
The Mayhew Animal Home
www.mayhewanimalhome.org,
Lupus International
www.lupusinternational.com
ill. Torquil The Great, pen & ink on board, 21x14.5cm, created to support SSA exhibition funding; Inscrutable, oil on board, created to support the Edinburgh Sick Kids Friends Foundation; Dutch Gable, limited edition print, donated to support Lupus International
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Debut and Retrospective
Jane Cartney - Debut & Retrospective is on view through May 13 at Venue 99 - North Somerset Arts Week 2007. Contemporary Scottish colourist-expressionist - professional painter and printmaker, art historian. Formative training in Aberdeen, main centres of study, Amsterdam, Ghent, Paris, Edinburgh, London, Brighton...
Life Study - Seated Female Front (Kate in Wandsworth), pencil life study, 1984.
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| A selection of early self portrait sketches. |
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Exhibitions: |
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| 2013 |
Jane Cartney
(one woman show)
Galleria Tondinelli,
Complesso Monumentale di San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane,
00184 Roma - Italy
To be confirmed |
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| 14-28.7.12 |
Clifton Arts Club 104th
Annual Open Exhibition
Bristol School of Art
Adjacent to the RWA
Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol
BS8 1PX
To be confirmed
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| May-June 2012 |
Friends' Spring Annual Exhibition
RWA
Friends' Room
Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol
BS8 1PX
Tel: 0117 973 5129
To be confirmed |
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| 05.04.12-05.05.12 |
Outdoor Art and Art for Architecture
R E Bucheli Gallery
Albion House
12A Broad Street
Bristol BS2 9HL
Tue-Fri 10-5.30, Sat 11-4
Tel: 0117 929 7747
www.rebucheli.co.uk |
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| January 2012 ongoing |
The Glitterarti
4 different works of art each month in group exhibitions by the gallery's Featured Artists (The Glitterarti)
THE GALLERY @
3 Locking Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 3BY
Tue - Sat: 10:00 - 17:00
Tel: 01934 626616
www.weston-art-gallery.co.uk
www.digitalphotoscanning.co.uk |
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| 11.11.11-23.12.11 |
The Winter Exhibition
Peacock Visual Arts
21 Castle Street, Aberdeen
www.peacockvisualarts.com |
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| 30.4.11 - 8.5.11 |
NSAW 2011 Open Studio & Exhibition: Two West Country Women Painters - Jane Cartney and Val Newman
Art Studio & Gallery, Weston-super-Mare
Tel: 01934 418198
www.regentgallery.co.uk
(two women show) |
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18.11.10-21.11.10 |
Postcards for Sick Kids 2010,
Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh. Tel: 0131 668 4949
(group show) |
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| 17.7.10 - 31.7.10 |
CLIFTON ARTS CLUB
102nd OPEN
The Bristol School of Art
adjacent RWA, Queens Road, Bristol
(group show) |
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| 5.12.09 - 23.12.09 |
WORLD WIDE VIEW
SELECTED ART FROM FOUR
CONTINENTS
Opera Gallery, Budapest
(group show) |
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| 18th August 2009 |
THE SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION
McTears, Glasgow. |
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| 1.5.09-10.5.09 |
The Weston-super-Mare Series
- A representational showing of the series since the first Beach Road painting in 2006.
NSAW 2009
Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare
(solo exhibition) |
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| 3.4.09 - 1.6.09 |
GALLERY ARTISTS Scottish and West Country Paintings
by Alfons Jasinski RSW, Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie, Jane Cartney, Elena Kourenkova, James Munnion, Val Newman.
Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare
(group show) |
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| 13.11.08-16.11.08 |
Postcards for Sick Kids 2008,
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
(group show) |
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| 14.6.08 |
ESSA Exhibition and Sale,
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
(group show) |
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| 12.2.08 – 30.4.08 |
Mixed Show,
Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare
(group show) |
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| 23.1.08 – 15.2.08 |
Scottish Contemporary,
Falle Fine Art, St Helier, Jersey
(group exhibition) |
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| 24.8.07 – 30.11.07 |
‘Vibrant’,
Contemporary Paintings & Prints. Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare
(solo exhibition) |
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| 15.9.07 – 22.9.07 |
'Jane Cartney The Weston-super-Mare Series’,
W-s-M Arts Festival 2007
Winter Gardens,
Weston-super-Mare
(solo exhibition) |
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| 4.5.07 - 13.5.07 |
'Debut and Retrospective',
Open Studio Exhibition, North Somerset Arts Week 2007
(solo exhibition)
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| 14.2.07 - 4.5.07 |
‘The Beach Road Series and Other Recent Work’, Studio Galleries @ The Frame Station, Weston - super – Mare
(solo exhibition) |
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| 19.9.06 – 14.10.06 |
'Photography and Beyond',
Weston-super-Mare Arts Festival,
North Somerset Museum,
(group show)
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'At the Private Viewing of 'jane cartney the beach road series' on
22 March 2007' photograph by Volkan Kan |
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