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The Cotswold Ewe
oil painting has been sold in aid of The Cotswold Sheep Society:
http://www.cotswoldsheepsociety.co.uk

Cattivella,
2011, 10.5 x 15 cm, ink on watercolour paper. Siena Art Institute.

RWA Charity Exhibition, Bristol 
DON'T MISS my exhibition in The Friends' Gallery (Long Gallery) at the RWA in Bristol - on until Thursday next week (15th Aug).
http://rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2013/07/cartney-jane/ .
In aid of the RWA, 50% of any sales will also be shared equally between the charities which I support: World Land Trust, Sea Shepherd, The Shark Trust, Sea Mammal Research Centre, Weston Hospicecare, Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust, Edinburgh Sick Kids, The Brooke Pakistan, & The Mayhew.

The Cotswold Ewe
This small portrait, featured in my RWA exhibition until 15th August (see news above), is of a lovely rare-breed Cotswold sheep on Adam Henson's farm in the Cotswolds. Adam has been instrumental in saving this once endangered breed, and many other livestock breeds. Visit the farm to enjoy these animals at close quarters: www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk.

Bristol Solo Exhibition 
I have been selected to mount a solo exhibition in the Long Gallery at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. Showing a selection of studio work from 2006 until now, including The Weston-super-Mare Series, Pheasant Series, Wadham Beach Series and animal paintings, it opens on 6 July 2013 and runs until 15 August 2013. The work will be sold to benefit the charities I support: World Land Trust, Sea Shepherd, The Shark Trust, Sea Mammal Research Centre, Weston Hospicecare, Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust, Edinburgh Sick Kids, The Brooke Pakistan, & The Mayhew.

The Red House
This print, and Christmas Pheasant, selected for the 2012 Christmas show (Autumn Exhibition) at R E Bucheli Fine Art in Bristol.

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.

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.

Showcase Exhibition
My paintings Blue Coat has been selected for the North Somerset Arts Showcase Exhibition in the stunning new Arts Centre at Sidcot School, Winscombe in September.  The painting will be sold in aid of charity and will benefit Weston Hospicecare and Grampian Hospital Arts Trust.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.