Artist Statement
I have always had a great passion for landscape and the lay of the land.
The area I live in has always been a great inspiration, the hedgerows and dry stone walls give a wonderful feeling of how the landscape has been shaped by the people who have lived here from time immemorial, something that’s always fascinated me.
I’ve worked mainly as a printmaker for many years, focussing on landscapes
as etchings and silkscreen prints, both very different techniques. They have
their limitations, like all visual art, but etching is a medium I have always
loved because of the detail I am able to do, while silkscreen gives me the
greater variety of colour that cannot be achieved with etching.I trained at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts where my main study was Graphic Arts. Here I learnt many printmaking techniques and after graduating from there I won a scholarship to Norway, where my interest in the landscape really began. Returning to Britain I settled in Macclesfield, in the foothills of the Pennines, another wonderful landscape I had always loved. Recently I have started painting in oils again, and hope to broaden my horizons in the future, recently returning to Norway, one of the great inspirations of my life so far.
I have work in public and private collections in Britain as well as over
thirty countries around the world, including Norway, of course.
Cesterbridge Cottage,
Kerridge End,
Rainow,
SK10 5TF
01625) 612478
Mobile: 07546275993
jane@janeosmond.net
http://www.janeosmond.net
Jane will be open both Art Trail weekends
