Jane Boot

Jane was born in London and trained as a theatre and television Production Manager. After a break to bring up her family she decided to attend The London College of Fashion to do a BTEC HNC in Creative Embroidery, which then led her on to painting, photography, collage and screen printing.

Jane moved to Bristol 14 years ago and decided to set up a new studio and teach herself watercolour. She started to explore this fascinating medium and has now moved on to Acrylics. Using her past experience in mixed media she now combines all of these art forms in her most recent paintings.

Her paintings are based on the changing landscape. Many are recalled from memories or loose sketches which have been logged into her sketch books. Sometimes they just evolve from nowhere. To break the fear of the blank canvas she will cover the surface with random colours, inks and pastels. Some hand- painted collage scrapes may also be added at this stage. The next layers of paint will determine the colours and she will continue to scrape, dilute and draw until she sees the final piece. This is an exciting process as there are many twists and turns.

Exhibitions include The Royal Academy School of Art, The Commonwealth Institute, The RWA, Bristol and The Victoria Rooms, Bath.

Her work is in private collections in the UK, USA, France, Italy, South Africa and Australia.