Originally from Winnipeg, Jane Everett received her B.F.A. from Queen’s University. Her paintings have been exhibited in private and public galleries across Canada. Now residing in Kelowna, British Columbia, Jane Everett’s oil paintings are essentially a study of the reflection of light. The dexterity of each brushstroke conveys a strong sense of movement. Reflection by nature is a distortion so that the paintings blur the line between abstraction and realism and the landscape is transformed into a watery, dream-like impression of reality.
“The reflection paintings are also about memory and how objects appear to us in our mind’s eye in a fragmented form. Capturing the images as they appear in reflection comes closer to the memory of an object that does its physical reality. I think of these works in musical terms as sonatas or adagios” (Jane Everett).
Education:
B.F.A, Queen’s University
Exhibitions:
2007 - Solo Exhibition, "Equus Caballus", Kelowna Museum, Kelowna, BC
2006 - 2 Person Show: "C for Water", The Art Ark, Kelowna
2005 - Solo Exhibition: "Six Furlongs" The Art Ark, Kelowna
2004 - Solo Exhibition: "Wassermusik", Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2004 - Group Exhibition: “Landscape & Memory; Six Okanagan Artists”, Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC. July 9 – September 2.
2003 - Group Exhibition: "Landscape & Memory; Six Okanagan Artists", The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta
2003 - Solo Exhibition: "Waterbourne" The Ark Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
2002 - Solo Exhibition, “Flowing North”, The Ark Gallery, Kelowna, B.C., March 26 to April 30.
2001 - Group Exhibition, “The Land”, The Ark Gallery, Kelowna, B.C., February 19 to March 30.
1998 - Solo Exhibition, “Faces in the Hall”, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C., January 10 to February 15.
1997 - Group Exhibition, “Seven Figure Painters”, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, B.C., August 7 to September 8.
1996 - Solo Exhibition, MindGrind Internet Café, Kelowna, B.C. January 20 to February 25.
1994 - Solo Exhibition, The Bohemian Bagel café, Kelowna, B.C., September 15 to October 15.
1994 - Solo Exhibition, “Still Lives”, Myxdmedia, Calgary, Alberta, November1 2o 30.
1993 - Two-man Show, The Kelowna Art Gallery, “We Say it is a Pipe and It’s Our Show”, June 26 to August 3.
1992 - Solo Exhibition, “Aquariums”, Okanagan Artists Alternative Gallery. Kelowna, B.C., November 27 to December 19.
1992 - Solo Exhibition, St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, April 14 to May 3.
Selected Group Shows:
2001 - Artropolis 2001, Self-Portrait Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. April.
1999 - Art & artists of the Twentieth Century, Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery, October 24 to December 5.
1996 - IMAGES & OBJECTS XIV, Penticton, B.C., May 22-26.
1995 - Together Again, (juried exhibition) Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, July 20 to August 24.
1994 - IMAGES & OBJECTS XII, Cambell River, B.C., May 25-29.
1992 - Great Canadian Wildlife, Okanagan Artist’s Alternative juried exhibition, Kelowna, B.C., September 10 to October 3.
1991 - Drawers of Water, Okanagan Artist’s Alternative juried exhibition, Kelowna, B.C., November 10 to December 2.
Reviews:
2007 - Gayle Liman, "Equus Caballus: Equine Works by Jane Everett", Galleries West Magazine Web Review
2007 - Mia Johnson, "Equus Caballus by Jane Everett", Preview Magazine, Feb/March, 2007, Pg. 12
Curatorial Experience:
2003 - Co-Curator, "Landscape & Memory; Six Okanagan Artists", The Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary, Alberta.
2002 - Curator, "FRESH", The Ark Gallery, New Work by Seven Recent Grads.
2002 - Curator, ABSTRACT & METAL, Rose Braun and Steve Mennie, The Ark Gallery, September 5 to 30.
2001 - Curator, ON PLEASURE BENT; THE ART OF THE TOY Kelowna Art Gallery, September 14 to 22.
1994 - Curator, THE ID, THE EGO AND THE OAA: An exhibition of Self-portraits, the alternator Kelowna, B.C., January.
1993 - Curator, CHILDREN'S OWN SHOW; TV In Our Eyes, the alternator, Kelowna, June 5 to 16.
Corporate Collections:
Royal Canadian Securities Limited, Winnipeg
The BC Cancer Foundation, Kelowna
The Golf Hall of Fame, Toronto
RCS Advertising, Winnipeg
The Investors Group, Winnipeg
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"Eastwind I" |
"False Creek V" | |
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"Lungarno II" |
"Nachtmusik I" | |
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"Ponte Vecchio" |
"The White Bridge" | |
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"False Creek I" |
"False Creek II" | |
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"False Creek III" |
"Salute III" | |
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"Evensong I" |
"Evensong II" | |
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"Shiloh III" |
"Bel Canto III" |
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| "Salute" Oil on Canvas 48" x 72" Sold |
"Lungarno" Oil on Canvas 48" x 72" CDN $5,000 Unframed | |
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| "Prelude I" Oil on Canvas 20" x 16" CDN $1,500 Unframed |
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| "Prelude III" Oil on Canvas 20" x 16" CDN $1,500 Unframed |
"Evensong IIIa" Oil on Canvas 24" x 24" CDN $2,100 Unframed | |
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| "Evensong IIIb" Oil on Canvas 24" x 24" CDN $2,100 Unframed |
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| "Sinfonia I " Oil on Canvas 48" x 36" CDN $3,600 Unframed |
"Sinfonia IV" Oil on Canvas 48" x 72" Sold | |
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| "Acqua Alta I" Oil on Canvas 48" x 72" Sold |
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| "Acqua Alta III" Oil on Canvas 48" x 72" CDN $5,000 Unframed |
"Estuary I " Oil on Canvas 30 " x 40 " Sold |
