Jane Puckey
I draw an outline on a blank canvas from a photo which for me represents a breath taking, in-the-moment experience of feeling as one with whatever I was looking at, and am increasingly able to distract and surrender my conscious mind by listening to music, movies, documentaries and audio books – and let my body paint my painting.
Jane Puckey has painted the New Zealand landscape for 30 years, and is known for her paintings of Northland.
Focusing on the beauty of light and land, her paintings are meticulous translations of her love of the natural environment onto canvas.
From a distance Jane’s self-taught style portrays a photographic quality in her paintings, while simultaneously a closer study of the work reveals how parts have been abstracted into fascinating beautiful forms that accentuate details she has seen.