Jane Canfield
Jane Canfield was born in New Zealand (Christchurch) in 1967 and grew up in an artistic family, with her father, Tony Canfield a collected artist, inventor, motor mechanic and designer. Every weekend they would go camping and her Dad would be sketching and painting. This love of working in nature has followed her to this day… and her love of classic cars…Jane was accepted at an early age to Graphic Design College (Randwick TAFE Sydney 1984) and spent 20 years working in the industry but always drew and painted, encouraged by her family. She first came to notice for her strong Lino cut prints but it was not until her father passed away in 2004 that she became a full time artist. Jane hopes her work reveals her love of life and the tranquility she feels either at home or travelling with her little dogs in her 1974 Kombi named ‘Dot’. She constantly strives for reduction and simplification in her work, not reproducing exactly what she sees but her version of it.
