“I want you to feel drawn into a place of stillness and peace. In a perfection obsessed world, hungry for instant gratification, I want my work to evoke calm, created by the paintings relaxed imperfections and a message that only nature can teach us; a sense of intense harmony and deep belonging”
I’m influenced, at a heart level, by a life-time of travel and the undeniable impact that different cultures and people groups offer. This journey started for me in Sierra Leone, West Africa, as a child, and widened as an adult to absorb the life-changing influences of places like Bali, Ibiza and India.
In recent years I’ve been influenced by, what I can only describe as, a meditation on the complexity of the English hedgerow – a dense mix of mess & magic, a complex matting together of plant matter in a constant cycle of growth & decay. The theme is ever evolving, never static and forever a delight to the humble observer.
Jane’s Story
Early life in West Africa
B.Ed. Hons in Art & Education, UEA, Norwich
Career in Primary Education
Diploma from KLC School of Design, Chelsea Harbour, London
Creation of Beau Interiors
M.A in Play Therapy & Child Mental Health, Roehampton University, London
Working Internationally with the leadership charity Emerging Leaders
14 solo art exhibitions in Framlingham, Aldeburgh, Hepworth and Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
Gallery representation:
Look Gallery, Helmsley, Yorkshire, UK
Henach Gallery, London
"Jane’s art has become both a mirror and a companion in my own unfolding. Her paintings don’t simply hang on my walls; they sit beside me, like wise old friends who never stop revealing themselves. Each one feels like a portal. I find myself returning, time and again, travelling beyond the layers of paint into a place where new truths and even revelations emerge. Her work reminds me that beauty and introspection belong together, and that art has the power not simply to adorn a life, but to deepen it.”
Jill McMillan