Jane Barton
After twenty-five years as a nationally recognized graphic designer, illustrator and portrait artist, Jane Barton's paintings pay tribute to the best designer of them all, Nature, with images of vast landscapes and intimate still lifes. Originally from Chicago, where she studied at the American Academy of Art, Jane holds a B.A. from Boston University and an M.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University. She is the recipient of many national design awards and is featured in Print's Best Logos and Symbols.
Jane works both en plein air and in her Tucson studio, incorporating direct observation and imagination in her work. "I feel fortunate to live in the Sonoran Desert, where the subject matter is dramatic and varied." Ms. Barton has enjoyed painting in many other areas of the United States and around the world. Wherever she sets up her easel, Jane's paintings reflect the quiet, intimate moments as well as the vast space of the West and the world, to be preserved in time and enjoyed by all.
Professional Associations
Tucson Plein Air Painters Society (TPAPS), Artist Member
Oil Painters of America, Associate Member (OPA)
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA)
Exhibitions
2000 The Best and The Brightest, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Murphey Gallery, St. Philips Episcopal Church, Tucson, AZ
2002 Rancho de la Oso/Buenos Aires NWR Show, Sassabee, AZ
2002 The Best and The Brightest, Scottsdale, AZ
2003 Plein Air, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2003 TPAPS Goes To Tubac, Tubac, AZ
2003 Karin Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ
2003 The Muse Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 The Best and the Brightest, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 American Women Artists (AWA), Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Oil Painters of America (OPA), Annual Nat'l Juried Exhibition, Kirkland, WA
2004 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, "Artist Indoors", Laguna Beach, CA
2005 Arizona Historical Society, "Legends & Legacies", Tucson, AZ
2005 Empire Ranch Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2002 Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2003 Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2005 Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2006 ...ready, set D'ART, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2006 UA Presents, Tucson, AZ
2006 Howard County Humane Society Show & Gala, Big Spring, TX
2006 Max Gallery, Group Show, Tucson, AZ