Jane Cochrane - Fine Art

About me

Whilst I have painted all of my adult life I have only had the opportunity to become a full-time artist in 2016.

I am increasingly preoccupied with environmental impacts, large and small, on our flora and fauna and am using my art to highlight these issues. I'm currently working towards an autumn exhibition on this theme so watch this space!

The impulse to paint, for me, is always connected with atmosphere, texture, and light. Whilst I prefer to paint in the studio, my work is done from sketches and photographs taken on location.
 

For many years I felt somewhat disappointed with the lack of vibrancy in my pictures but then I discovered the negative painting technique which allows my initial transparent layers of paint to remain untouched as all other layers (sometimes 20 or more) and applied around the main focus - creating the feeling of great depth in my pictures.

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I get most of my inspiration from my local environment here in Ufford, Suffolk, United Kingdom - but travelling also gives so much richness and so many opportunities to capture nature's beauty.