Jane Wilson: Realism
Our natural world has all the stunning beauty you could ever want or envision. Included in my portfolio of realistic paintings are two specific topics: botanicals (flowers) and creatures (cows).
Botanicals
Observing the intricacy and beauty of flowers has been a preoccupation of mine. They can arrest the mind and allow the observer to suspend, if only momentarily, the demands of life. To paint a flower means moving inside it, residing for awhile in its perfection and completeness. Does a flower ever regret not being more beautiful or wish it were a tree? I think we humans could learn a lot from observing flowers.
The Forest, 48″ x 60″, acrylic on canvas
Plumeria, 48” X 36”, acrylic on canvas
Callas, 44″ x 56″, acrylic on canvas
Red Rose, 48″ x 48″, acrylic on canvas
Bromeliad I, 9.5″x 6″, watercolor
Bromeliad II, 6″ x 5.5″, watercolor
Magnolia, 12″ x 13″, watercolor
Lilies, 16″ x 20″, watercolor
Cyclamen, 18″ x 22″, watercolor
Gladiola, 18″ x 17″, watercolor
Parrot Tulip, 17″ x 20″, watercolor
Pods, 22″ x 15″, watercolor
White Poppies, 17″ x 20″, watercolor
Begonia, 20″ x 21″, watercolor
Creatures
Years ago during a class at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, students, including myself, were asked by the teacher to contemplate how to revere the cow. He noted that in some countries cows are considered sacred and therefore protected. How did these students decide to honor the cow? Using Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” as the perfect stepping off point for this assignment I inhabited Christina’s pink dress with a Holstein cow looking demurely uphill at the barn. Having so enjoyed that assignment from student days, I later created thirteen other tributes all based on well-known paintings from history, including such artists as Van Gogh, Manet, and Degas.
Pastural Portrait, 24″ x 18″, watercolor
Mooved by Love, 18″ x 18″, watercolor
Dances with Cows, 22″ x 10″, watercolor
