Jane Canfield | Studio III
Studio III
Day & Night | May 2022
I’ve long been intrigued by the early evening hours
and inspired by the many interpretations by amazing painters. From Whistler’s soft, moody, evocative nocturnes to Clarice Beckett’s modern-before-her-time urban scenes, to contemporary artists practicing today.
The subtle light in the darkness, the colours, the cool air, and the shapes are even more restricted than in the daylight. I wanted these paintings to be ‘opposites’, the colour-popping out of the darkness. The ‘Day’ paintings, a contrast to the night shapes.
I have changed my practice slightly, working in the studio, off small plein air studies or drawings from remembered landscapes, interpreting them and turning them into semi abstracts, using the shapes and letting each painting find its own way. Something that I have been experimenting with. Working up close so that the marks and shapes are just that. Until I step back and then the shapes become a composition.
Jane Canfield 2022
BIO
Jane Canfield
Jane’s work revolves around what she views in the landscape, whether that is urban or rural and she enjoy’s travelling to new areas (usually camping in her Kombi with her dogs) to gain inspiration.
Utilising free brushwork, Canfield’s work is a tonal exploration of reduction and simplification.
