JANE MURDOCH ADAMS

Here's the thing.  If I don't  paint my paintings, who will??

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I make abstract art because it all depends on my imagination.  Every day I puzzle over colours, shapes, lines, ideas and textures until I have created something surprisingly cool that makes me smile.

 

And all my abstractions are about something, something vital to me....music, dancing, nature, bees, justice, equity, colour.

 

I am so happy to be a member of Propeller Gallery, and my work has also been exhibited by Canadian Fine Arts Gallery, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Love Art Fair, Jordan Art Gallery, the Queen West Art Crawl and Pentimento Gallery.

 

I am originally from Winnipeg, from a family of artisans and naturalists, and in earlier iterations of my life have been a community developer, union organizer & negotiator, mediator and adult educator.  Also, mother and partner, consultant with not-for-profit organizations,  feminist,  dancer and friend.

 

Having completed my M.Ed., U of Toronto, I have been a professional artist for 15 years, and my paintings are in 80+ private collections.

 

The emotions, reflected in all my work, are chiefly gratitude, constant gladness for my great good fortune of being an artist, and a woman, in Canada.   My future lies in reading the world and telling my story. 

 

My Art Education

• Project: Art - Ewa Stryjnik

• The Art Centre at Central Technical School, Toronto

• Toronto School of Art

• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

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Process and Materials

• Acrylic 

• Collage

• Encaustic

• Japanese Paper and Dogwood/Willow branch sculptures

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