Born and raised in a smal town of Waco,Texas, I remember many happy car trips to the “country” 30 miles north to Clifton as a child with my parents. I looked forward to summers helping on my uncles’ and grandparents’ farms, playing on the swings in the summer breezes, climbing up a ladder in the barn and  jumping on the hay below; seeing and hearing sights and sounds and spaces so different from the city, riding the horse (my cousins would laugh when I asked my aunt to put the “seat” on the horse) then coming home again to my own backyard for imagining about cowboys and indians, riding my own imaginary horse in scenes I had seen in cowboy movies. Quite an adventure for a city kid!

Jane shows her art at her home-studio during the Eldorado Art Studio Tour every year....her main theme in all her work is a continuing tribute to a quote that still rings true today about our country's national parks and roadsides and long-range thinking: "Wildness is a Necessity" said John Muir. Sunflowers, asters and all the colorful naturals growing along roadsides and parks add to the charm of New Mexico and she loves the colors they provide in her painting. Her studio is open year round by appointment.