Welcome,

My name’s Mary Jane, and I’m an emerging artist and painter.

I’m fundamentally on a spiritual journey, my conceptual fascinations include the universe, God, physics and fantasy which are connected by the natural world and the imagining and sharing of stories over generations. I’m attracted to art which involves an interaction with light, another common denominator within all three subjects. My paintings or sculpture often include mediums like fired glass, mirrors, or acrylic to reflect and amplify this tendency of light to refract or split, sparkle, glimmer, or glitter.

I work between the figurative and abstract, developing organic lines and compositions, and combining materials like oils paints and glass shards, silk screen printing or techniques like virtual reality, whatever describes my chosen subject best. My often dream-like, fantasy creations, are usually augmented with gems, crystals and foils which encourage twinkling as a captured form of light. This area is also expanding into jewellery creation, items which can participate in or add to the story being shared.

I’m influenced by the romantic art nouveau work of Gustav Klimt, whose foiling created rich reflective tones into his paintings, reminiscent of the religious icons painted by old master artists. Also abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning, and contemporary painters, Cecily Brown and Flora Yukhnovich, all painters who create using fractured forms.

Total immersion using virtual reality can also potentially transition a 2D painting to a larger audience in a participatory 3D experience, a means of delivering fantasy as a real-life event. My work is expanding generally between 2D and 3D, while encouraging the viewer to experience my art in multiple additional ways, such as the senses of touch, sound, and scent.