Sunflowers and Buffalo Skull Acrylic Print

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I had a bunch of sunflowers and had placed the vase in the livingroom near my buffalo skull. The more I looked at it the more I considered painting them. As it happened, my husband was in Michigan at his family reunion. I cleared my schedule the next day, set up my easel in the livingroom and painted all day, no sidetracks. Some days, like this particular day, every stroke, every color goes down right. When I paint still lifes, it's from life; the flowers are real, not artificial. Because they don't last long, I'm compelled to paint them quickly, in their prime. In addition, I am partial to all things buffalo (high interest level shall we say?), so this still life was close to my heart. Paint what you love.

Jane was born and raised in Stratford, CT. Her father was a self-employed commercial artist who worked at home, which gave her access to both supplies and encouragement. She moved to California in 1973. Jane has been an artist all her life, working in different mediums and working at a variety of commercial art jobs. She earned a degree in Fine Art and says there is always more to learn. She started plein air painting in the 1980’s in watercolor. Since 2010, she has focused on plein air painting in oil. She finds that all the mediums she has worked in, all the jobs she’s held, all her life experience, all contribute to this latest passion. ARTIST’S STATEMENT: The challenge for me is to capture a snapshot in time with...