Folksy
We are pleased to announce that another new artist has joined the gallery.
Jane Winton hails from Cornwall, she has had a long and successful career in children’s book illustration and is now transferring her talents to canvas.
One of Jane’s inspirations is early US folk art - the images are naive and stylised but very much accomplished. They recall the memories and stories of childhood. In addition to painting in acrylics, Jane uses pieces of vintage fabric - sometimes adding a border to the work and sometimes using the fabrics to ‘clothe’ her figures. A final coat of varnish over the pieces adds to the vintage feel.
We really like these and hope you will too.
‘Reaching Out’ by Jane Winton, Print, 60cm x 50cm, £70 (above)
‘Rose Garden’ by Jane Winton, original in acrylics and vintage fabrics on box canvas, 60cm x 60cm, £595 (above).
Some original US folk art - ‘Three Sisters of the Copeland Family’ by William Prior, 1854.
