Collection of the artist

Thames magic at Eynsham

Jane says: "This is a fantasy aerial view of the river near the village where I live. My son and I like to go fishing or swimming there. The biodiversity here is truly wondrous, and the sense of history - that ancient peoples lived and farmed here - is tangible. I have seen all the creatures featured in this painting at this stretch of the river, between Pinkhill Lock and Swinford Toll Bridge. "

Stars and stripes forever

Jane says: "One evening in Tanzania, a lone zebra, rather than galloping away as our truck approached, simply stood quietly and allowed us to watch for a moment as the full moon rose into a starry sky behind it above the mountainous ridge beyond. It struck me that this simple and beautiful scene of 'stars and stripes forever' would outlive any political boundaries."

Finbarr

Jane says: "Quite simply, the most graceful cat I have belonged to. She would sit with the elegance of an Egyptian temple cat, neatly tucking in her paws before closing her eyes and dreaming..." 

22 May 1990 - 12 April 2003

Harvestmoonrise

Jane says: "I had an idea to paint a field of sunflowers beneath a moonrise and investigate the contrast between bright yellows and deep ultramarine. This work has inspired so many of my sunflower works since."

African patchwork

Jane says: "I came back from my first trip to sub-saharan Africa filled with the folklore, ideas and rhythms of West Africa. To quench my thirst for more, I visited the new Africa galleries at the British Museum and the Pitt-Rivers museum in Oxford and sketched my heart out. The result is this patchwork of  faces, totems and masks creating an image of a single sculptural form which actually only exists in my imagination."