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Scottish Contemporary Artist
JANE CARTNEY, originally from Aberdeen, is an established artist and musician currently based at Regent Studio and Gallery in Weston-super-Mare on the Somerset coast, where she has also specialised in promoting and exhibiting work by other contemporary Scottish and West Country artists.
Her work has been shown in Europe, as well as both in England and Scotland. 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.
Jane Cartney’s paintings have been likened by some to the paintings of Van Gogh and the architecture of Gaudi.
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| Boulevard in May, oil on canvas, 2010 |
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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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PREVIEW
Quizzical Cow oil on canvas board, and Lewis goes to Edinburgh pen and ink are now finished. Larger images and details of these works are on the Originals page. These two have been created specially to raise funds at the ‘Postcards for Sick Kids 2010’ Event exhibition and sale later this year at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh. For more information please contact me, or visit www.edinburghsickkids.org or call 0131 668 4949. |
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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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Budapest
I have recently shown three paintings at the Opera Gallery in the heart of Hungary's capital city - the first time my work has been shown in continental Europe.
Boulevard in Blue created in 2006, which inspired the Boulevard Series is one of the paintings which were shown in the World Wide View Exhibition |
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The Artist's Garden
Jane and Michael's Sanctuary Garden was designed and created in 2003.
The garden is available to fellow artists and for friends seeking solace and inspiration. Phone me on 01934 418198 or contact me by email. |
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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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| These early self-portrait sketches have recently come to light. |
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Exhibitions: |
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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 |
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| 5.12.09 - 23.12.09 |
WORLD WIDE VIEW
SELECTED ART FROM FOUR
CONTINENTS
Opera Gallery, Bathory utca 5. 0154 Budapest
Tel: +3620587141
www.operagallery.org |
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| 18th August 2009 |
THE SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION
McTears, Glasgow.
Tel: 0141 810 2880
www.mctears.co.uk |
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| 15.5.09 - 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, rear of 80 Regent Street, Weston-super-Mare. Open 11 - 4, Fri, Sat, Bank Hols, & by Private Appointment. E-catalogue Tel 01934 418198
www.regentgallery.co.uk |
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| 1.5.09-10.5.09 |
North Somerset Arts Week 2009 The Weston-super-Mare Series - A representational showing of the series since the first Beach Road painting in 2006.
Regent Gallery, rear of 80 Regent Street, Weston-super-Mare.
OPEN DAILY 11 - 4, & by Private Appointment
E-catalogue Tel 01934 418198 or 07779 178736 during open hours.
www.regentgallery.co.uk |
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| 3.4.09 - 25.4.09 |
GALLERY ARTISTS Scottish and West Country Paintings by Alfons Jasinski RSW, Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie, Jane Cartney, Elena Kourenkova, James Munnion, Val Newman. Regent Gallery, rear of 80 Regent Street, Weston-super-Mare. Open 11 - 4, Fri, Sat, Bank Hols, & by Private Appointment. E-catalogue Tel 01934 418198
www.regentgallery.co.uk |
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| 13.11.08-16.11.08 |
Postcards for Sick Kids 2008, Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh. Tel: 0131 668 4949 |
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| 14.6.08 |
ESSA Exhibition and Sale, Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED, 10am - 8pm |
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| 12.2.08 – 30.4.08 |
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| 23.1.08 – 15.2.08 |
Scottish Contemporary, Falle Fine Art, St Helier, Jersey Tel: 01534 887877 |
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| 24.8.07 – 30.11.07 |
‘Vibrant’, Contemporary Paintings & Prints. Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare |
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| 15.9.07 – 22.9.07 |
W-s-M Arts Festival 2007 Contemporary Art Exhibition, 'Jane Cartney The Weston-super-Mare Series’, Winter Gardens,
Weston-super-Mare |
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| 4.5.07 - 13.5.07 |
'Debut and Retrospective', Open Studio Exhibition, North Somerset Arts Week 2007 |
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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 Tel: 01934 628695 |
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| 19.9.06 – 14.10.06 |
'Photography and Beyond', North Somerset Museum,
Weston-super-Mare Arts Festival
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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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