Jane Gates
All about the House
"It is important to shift the meaning of creative activity away from the value of the finished product. The ecstatic experience is in the process of painting which enables me to contact a higher source for meaning and power. This is the creative challenge of transformation—an instrument for healing. The symbols derived from my awareness carry the potentiality for change. These are the physic energies depicted, embedded and preserved in several layers of paint. Hopefully, my connectedness to the spiritual world meditated by my art can be a cultural tool used to impress images of peace on the minds of many and thus empower into the collective unconscious."
-Gates
-Gates
Painter and His Muse
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Trees
"Exhibited in my paintings are an equal emphasis on content, execution and media. They are a synthesis of my love for painting, music, nature and the study of various levels of consciousness. This flux of consciousness is reflected in my gestural strokes and the several layers of paint. The spontaneity of the paint allows the experience in painting to be a celebration. It is through the dance of painting that I can find image even though I cannot always identify the source. The very act of painting helps to include the incidental events of the day and elevates them to the monumental. For example, in one day I may observe by chance young lovers holding hands, and take a walk in the woods; by evening I enter the studio contemplating color or composition. At that moment in time I heard the birds outside building their nests. All of these events and thoughts may enter one painting. I know this only after the painting is finished. So the process of painting enables me to portray many planes of life experience, and the energy that runs through me brings it all together."
-Gates
-Gates
Untitled (Acrylic on Campus)
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-Statement-
"Exhibited in my paintings is an equal emphasis on content, execution and media. They are a synthesis of my love for painting, composition, music, nature and the study of various levels of consciousness. There is a flux in consciousness reflected in my gestural strokes and the several levels of paint. It is the spontaneity of the paint that allows the experience in painting to become a celebration. Through this dance of painting I can find image even though I cannot always identify the source. The very act of painting helps to include incidental events of the day and elevates them to the monumental. For example, in one day I may observe by chance young lovers holding hands, and take a walk in the woods; by evening I enter the studio contemplating color and composition. At that moment in time I hear the birds outside building their nests. All of these events and thoughts may enter one painting. I know this only after the painting is finished. So the process of painting enables me to portray many planes of life experience, and the energy that runs through me brings it all together.
The influence of Joan Mitchell, Jackson Pollock, Frank Stella, William de Kooning, Terrence LaNoue, Nick Cave, and Elizabeth Murray, just to name a few, give me the inspiration to work in the style that personally suits me. To render or illustrate would not permit the inclusion of feelings. Abstraction gives the audience permission to view art on conscious levels that may not be literally identifiable. Consequently, my art can be a way for social healing if I can inspire the viewer to be more aware of an unfamiliar part of themselves."
-Gates
The influence of Joan Mitchell, Jackson Pollock, Frank Stella, William de Kooning, Terrence LaNoue, Nick Cave, and Elizabeth Murray, just to name a few, give me the inspiration to work in the style that personally suits me. To render or illustrate would not permit the inclusion of feelings. Abstraction gives the audience permission to view art on conscious levels that may not be literally identifiable. Consequently, my art can be a way for social healing if I can inspire the viewer to be more aware of an unfamiliar part of themselves."
-Gates