Mixed Media Visual Artist & Printmaker
Artist Statement
The inspiration to all my work stems from the direct natural world. I have chosen to live in a remote location on a hill overlooking Nepean Bay, on the wild and iconic Kangaroo Island. Every day when I walk outside my studio I feel immersed in this beautiful natural world.
The issues I am passionate about and messages I try to portray have emerged from a background as an ecologist and biologist. My art is focused on the preservation and celebration of the natural world which is showcased on my Island. An illustration of this is that my home and studio are within easy walking distance of a long sandy beach. This is the home and significant refuge for the endangered beach nesting birds, Hooded Plovers, and Pied Oystercatchers. This same beach is also home to a White Bellied Sea Eagle. A Boobook Owl repeatedly calls from trees in my back garden and Echidnas, Wallabies and Kangaroos are numerous around my property.
The media I use to create my art varies from soft and painterly Intaglio to bold and graphic Relief Printmaking techniques. I have also explored Mixed Media Painting, Collage and Drawing. A local well respected gallery owner has told me I am adventurous in my art. I use dry point etching, lino printing and then incorporate other media such as watercolours for the addition of colour. I have recently been incorporating Screen-printing, Collagraphy and Gel Printing in mixed media works.
I currently am working towards using more eco-friendly media and striving for a more sustainable holistic studio practice.
January 2025
Artist Bio
Jane Louise Evans was born in Devon, in rural England in 1960. She received her Bachelor with Honours biology degree in 1990 and her Masters and Post Graduate Teacher qualification in 1994. In 2009 she emigrated to Kangaroo Island, South Australia where she continued her biology teaching career. Jane presently lives on the island with her partner Ants. In 2020 she made the decision to retire from teaching and fully devote her time in pursuit of a career as a professional artist.
In 2021 Jane successfully completed her Diploma of Visual Arts at Adelaide College of the Arts (ACArts). She has been exhibiting member of Kangaroo Island Art Society since 2016. Jane is also involved on the working group for the establishment of the new River Gallery and Arts Centre in American River and on Bluethumb (Australian Online Gallery). Her work has also been exhibited through the biennial Kangaroo Island Artist Collective “Easter Art Exhibition” and through Fine Art KI and the annual SALA festival at the National Wine Centre Gallery in Adelaide over the last two years. Jane has been awarded first prize and the People’s Choice in the Monochrome Exhibition in American River Gallery in 2021 and first prize in the KIAS Fresh Start Exhibition in late 2021. Her work was exhibited in the “Under Pressure” Adelaide based exhibition in 2022. In 2023 Jane was invited to exhibit with the “Intercambio IV” Australian Mexican Print Exhibition with her work touring in Australia and Mexico. Over Easter 2023 Jane collaborated and exhibited in “Impressions”, a small group Printmakers exhibition in the Kangaroo Island Gallery. For the month of October 2023 Jane was invited to be Artist of the Month at Kangaroo Island Gallery (KIAS) for her first solo exhibition. Her work was selected to be part of an ACArts exhibition of works at Flinders University in November 2023. In late December 2023 one of her more recent artworks, “A Choice of Words”, went on display with eleven other Printmakers in “Printed Narratives” an Artist Book exhibition at ACArts. Since December 2022 Jane has run small group printmaking workshops from her purpose build three room studio. In March 2024 Jane won 1st prize the Printmaking section of the Walk on the Wild side Exhibition with her screenprint Old Iron, Scrub and Sky. In April 2024 Jane attended an Artist Residency in Karuizawa, Japan, learning Mokuhanga the Japanese woodblock technique. Jane is presently completing her Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts at Adelaide College of the Arts, Light Square Adelaide.
First Prize, Print Category
”To everything there is a Season” Kangaroo Island Art Society,
March 2025
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