I Love Jane Filer!

Oh Man

Everything is Right

I really do! What I really love about Jane is her 

enthusiasm, her infectuous joy, and her love of shape and color.  Everyone wants to be around her to share in her love of painting and her love of life.  

I go into many artist's studios and see remnants of studies and small paintings and I immediately know this person has taken one of Jane's classes. There will be studies created with a pallete knife using Jane's bright Caribbean colors.  The Orange county Arts Commission has said that there are 700 artists living in Orange county and I jokingly say that Jane has taught 650 of them!

Her new show at Tyndall Gallery runs from April 7th to May 16th with a big opening on Saturday April 11th where the big heads return as well as live music by the "shed."  Jane's openings are always festive and fun!

This is a big and ambitious show; 37 new pieces have been created for this show in a variety of sizes.  I always love to look at them from a distance and concentrate on a color that I find appealing and move in on it and study it closely.  I try to remember this color so I can carry the information back to my studio and re-create it.  She definitely has an effect on my work!

A small painting that intrigues me and holds my attention is one of a head titled "Oh Man." There is a series of three on the wall and this one is at the bottom.   It appears she uses a knife to create the textures and the golden palette of paint colors holds my attention and makes me want it to study it for a long time. The colors are rich and the shape fills the whole canvas.  This is a canvas I can not get out of my mind and just may become part of my collection.

Don't miss this show!  It is worth a trip because the work is so good and because of the complexities of the pieces you will want to spend some time absorbing the festive lines and colors.