Jane A. Burns

"Working figuratively eventually drives me to abstraction and painting too much abstraction threatens to loosen my already somewhat shaky grip on reality, so for years I bounced back and forth between the two.  In my current work though I'm trying to contain the bounce and put everyone in the same painting.  And by everyone I mean the group of me:

1.  Obsessive counter and perfectionist, who would love it if everything in the world was striped and/or evenly spaced.

2.  Abstract thinker where reality is a no show and happenstance wears a party hat.

3.  Person who lives in a world where stories have ears and colors listen.  Or is it that colors have ears and stories listen???"

Jane has been a professional
painter/illustrator for 25 years and works out of her studio in
Bellingham WA.  She works with mixed media, primarily acrylic, on canvas.