Jane Wheeler

I paint about being in the landscape, often quite specifically in the Scottish landscape where I live, to make a way of combining history and geography of place with the physical matter of paint materials.
I work in various sizes but in the last year my small paintings have got smaller and I have discovered how mark-making becomes enriched on a small scale on panel, while the very small can be as monumental as the large.
I have always been interested in what is human and un-human in the landscape, in terms of imagination, geology, mythology, our very ancient ancestors, our hominid family, and their art and ritual. This can reconnect us with the environment in a very real way, adding another layer to the concept of re-wilding.

Dip Ad 3D Design Bath Academy of Art, Corsham 1969-72
MFA Newcastle Polytechnic 1989-91

I ran my own textile design and fashion company from 1972 until 2016, designing two collections a year and taking them to New York, Tokyo, and Paris, selling in high fashion speciality retailers in the US, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, London, and Europe. I've been painting since 1986, exhibiting in the 90's, I had a solo show at Cartright Hall Bradford in 1995, then due to a move away from the North East to care for my ailing parents, I changed back to ceramics in the 2000's, showing my work in galleries in Tokyo, Paris and NY as well as in the UK. I came back to painting in 2015. I recently moved to Scotland; exhibitions so far - I was selected for Re:connect with SSA in May 2021.