Jane Bassman

As a young girl growing up in Falls Church, Virginia, my grandmother sent me a framed reproduction of a painting by Franz Marc. Marc was one of the key figures in the German Expressionist movement and his vibrant paintings sing with strong, luminous colors. The painting of brilliant blue horses hung in my bedroom for years, and I dreamed of colors.
I am still attracted to rich saturated color. My paintings whether still life’s or landscapes ring with glowing reds, greens and yes, blues. They proclaim a lifelong addiction to color. I am fascinated with the edges where colors transition and turn the corner subtly changing and vibrating.

I paint as if the canvas is a battlefield, working hard and painting with fervor. I paint still lives, portraits, landscapes and water scenes, both real and imagined, and Providence street scenes. I usually apply paint heavily with a sculptural quality. The color is all encompassing – rich, contrasting colors butting up against each other and still managing to achieve a luscious harmony.

My entire house is effectively a studio. Drawings and paintings fill every conceivable space from the basement to the dining room to the bedrooms. I like to look at the paintings while they are in prog...

EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1975
BA English, Muhlenberg College, 1971
8/1996-5/1998 Master of Science, Physician Assistant Studies
Beaver College (now Arcadia University), Glenside, PA

Clinical Rotations: Geriatrics/Psychiatry - Philadelphia Geriatric Center,
Phila, PA.; Surgery, Cardiology and Internal Medicine - Albert Einstein
Medical Center, Pediatrics - HASBRO, Providence, R.I.; Family Medicine
Family Medical Society, Phila., PA; Emergency Medicine -Holy Redeemer Hospital, Huntington Valley, PA; Obstetrics/Gynecology - Granite Run Hospital, Ridley PA.

Villanova University, Villanova, PA /Community College of Philadelphia
MA Ed/Computer Science (with Distinction) Beaver College, Glenside, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
BA English, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
AWARDS: Schafter Award for Organic Chemistry, Community College of Phila. 1993

Exhibits
Mar 2018 11th Annual Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibit
Mar 2018 New Hope Gallery Show Cranston,RI
January 2018 Bank RI Pitman Street Gallery​ ​
​ Bank RI Turks Head Gallery​
2017 Mar 10th Foundation Show Pawtucket Artist Collaborative
2017 September Faces and Figures Show Pawtucket Artist Collaborative
Mar 2017 New Hope Gallery Show Cranston,RI
2017 Summer Show Heat Pawtucket Artist Collaborative
2016 Members Show Pawtucket Artist Collaborative
Dec 2015 - Save the Bay
October 2015 – Congregational Church,
May 2015 -Pawtucket Foundation Show
March 2015- East side YMCA
October 2014 - Group exhibit Barrington Library
November​ 2013 Bank RI Pitman Street Gallery​ ​
Dec​ 5,​ 2013 Bank RI Turks​ Head Gallery​
Jan​ 2,​ 2014 Bank RI​ South Kingston​
APRIL​ 12,​ 2012 City​ Hall​ Providence,​ RI​
AUGUST-­‐SEPTEMBER​ 2010​ Solo​ Exhibit​ Hamilton​ House Providence,​ RI​
Group exhibits Hamilton House, Providence, RI​
Previous​ exhibits​ at​ City​ Hall​ Providence,​ RI​
June​ 1976​ ​ Falls​ Church,​ VA​ ​ Second​ Prize​ Community​
Art​ Show​
April​ 1971​ Exhibit​ Muhlenberg​ ...