The Purposeful Brush

New Refuge is my solo exhibition of 25 new oil paintings at Plaskett Gallery in New Westminster and is on until June 15th, 2022 See show information here: https://www.masseytheatre.com/event/new-refuge-jane-appleby/ Visit Jane's new work on her website here: https://janeappleby.com/artwork/abstracts/ Website home page: https://janeappleby.com/

Jane's Art News Compelling  Movements on new designs. Le Galeriste in Montreal collaborates with Appleby Art: Compelling Movements, 24" x 30" Oil is now available as fashion designs and items, along with my other artworks which can be viewed online at this new fashion store  HERE . Below is a picture of "Compelling Movements" artwork on the Kate Dress. Also of interest may be items with Nature Rejoices, 36" x 36" Oil that is at Madrid's Monat Gallery. Click the image to see those fashions. The material is very comfy, easy care and durable. Please click on the images. Here are a few selected pieces that make great gifts. Plus Sizes  available on some items like this T-shirt: Also  Men's shirts  can be ordered like this long sleeve lightweight shirt:   The handbags, masks and soft chiffon scarfs are best sellers.  LABOUR-DAY LONG weekend get  15% OFF  with checkout PROMO CODE:   WEEKEND21 Promotion valid from September 3 to September 6, 2021 unti

I am thankful for the opportunity for my work to travel to new locations to be experienced by new audiences and am grateful to Monat Gallery for their collaboration with this exhibition and for representing me and my artwork. Art is really something that feeds our soul and when an artist gets an opportunity to show their work it makes the solitary work of producing it a way of connecting and building on it's process.  This is my first International Art Fair and it happens to be in beautiful Monaco. Nature Rejoices, 36" x 36" Oil and Jubilation 30" x 40" Oil are the two paintings at the Monaco art3f exhibit August 27, 28, 29, 2021. .  The Art art3F Fair is open to the public and tickets are available  online   and at the door: Chapiteau De Fontvieille in Monaco.  Nature Rejoices 36" x 36" OIl on Canvas Jubilation , 30" x 40" OIl on Deep Canvas Monat Gallery Profile   HERE   More Lyrical Expressions are in the works and may be viewed on my we

  Gone to Spain...Not me but my paintings! I was invited to be represented at a new gallery in Madrid, Spain and four Lyrical Expressions have now arrived at  Monat Gallery :   Nature Rejoices, Jubilation, Invitation and Continuous Resolutions.  These are the works that will be exhibited. Two Paintings will be showing at the Monaco Art Fair with Monat Gallery in August and a group exhibit will be arranged sometime this year. I will keep you posted about the dates of the exhibitions and I am very happy to announce the first international exhibition of Appleby originals. These contemporary expressions are like colourful movements of a song in which I focused on vibrant colour flow, with repetitions and varied with texturing of brushes and palette knives. In celebration of this event I have made Giclee Prints of some of these paintings which are available on my  shop website . Continuous Resolutions , 24 x 24 Oil on canvas   Invitation , 20 x 20 Oil on canvas   Nature Rejoices , 36 x 36 O

  Expressing the Landscape I am thankful for nature and all the colours I see. When I try to paint them, I feel amazingly free. There are endless combinations of soft and bold. And the various tones can feel warm or cold. The lush greens in foliage may have subtle reds. They shimmer when reflected in river beds. Snow seems white, until you study it. Colours are brighter when they are sunlit. Highlights can be pinks, yellows or blues; In shadows you may find viridian and purple hues. Do you notice a colour catching your eye? Is it up close or above in the sky? I love how colours contrast and subtly transition; When I present them, I use intuition. Light and dark play out, large and small, In a lyrical manner, I make the call... On what to include or colour to mix, Trying to make sure nothing conflicts. These are the things that gladden my heart, And as for creating, we can all take part. The vibrancy of the landscape at any location Can offer a multitude of inspiration. So, I encourage

Being an artist is not always as easy as it seems.  Like climbing a mountain, until you see the view from the top, or at least a glimpse of something beautiful, it doesn’t seem worth the effort - but it is. With each painting effort there is a breakthrough of sorts, even if it is to work through our own dissatisfactions, doubts, fears and boredom, which can happen to any of us. But that's not the end of the "climb." In my experience, breakthroughs become a small act of some new purpose that I learn to work towards - It is the thing I seek.  No small effort is useless, so I decide to take it on, the smaller the better. There is a gain even in the effort to "rest." It seems that winter is a time that nature rests, and in it's silence I experience a certain joy.  This joy then can become my small purpose. It can be as simple as choosing the size of the canvas, placing it on the easel, picking up the colourful tubes, brushes and imagining the first brush stroke.