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Both a painter and a musician Jane Cartney is based at her Art Studio and Gallery in Weston-super-Mare on the Somerset coast
Her work has been shown in Italy, Hungary, the UK and Jersey.
Described as a colourist-expressionist, Jane 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. Much of Jane's work is produced for charity.
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Solo exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol |
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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 & Twitter
Follow me on twiier @JITCartney:
and my studio work & associated artists' news on the Jane Cartney Art Studio & Gallery dedicated Facebook page:
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Cattivella,
2011, 10.5 x 15 cm, ink on watercolour paper. Siena Art Institute.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Red House
This print, and Christmas Pheasant, selected for the 2012 Christmas show (Autumn Exhibition) at R E Bucheli Fine Art in Bristol.
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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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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.
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Blue Coat, 2011, oil on canvas, 76.2x61cm |
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Adam's Young Gloucester
This new painting from my studio has been created for a charity event in Edinburgh. More details forthcoming. |
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Adam's Young Gloucester |
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ART for CHARITY
Several of my paintings and prints are to be sold to benefit a range of charities which I support. Visit the Jane Cartney Art Studio & Gallery page on Facebook (link at top of News) for more details. [image attached]. This example, Boulevard en Mai, is to be sold to benefit The Shark Trust www.sharktrust.org, who will receive 80% of the purchase price. |
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Boulevard Series-Boulevard en Mai |
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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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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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6.7.13-15.8.13 |
Solo Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy
Long Gallery
Queen's Road
Clifton
Bristol BS8 1PX
Tel: 0117 973 5129
http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2013/07/cartney-jane/ |
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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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08.11.12-05.01.13 |
Autumn Exhibition
R E Bucheli Fine Art
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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15.9.12-23.9.12 |
NSA Showcase Exhibition
Sidcot Arts Centre
Sidcot School
Winscombe
Somerset BS25 1PD
Daily 10-4 (closed Mon & Wed)
www.sidcot.org.uk/about-us/arts-centre/ |
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1.11.12-4.11.12 |
The Sick Kids Postcards 2012
Lyon & Turnbull
33 Broughton Place
Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 668 4949
www.lyonandturnbull.com
www.edinburghsickkids.org |
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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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