Jane Riley ~ Artist Profile
Jane Riley grew up living beneath the spectacular Southern Alps at Fox Glacier. Here magestic peaks thrust thousands of metres above foothills blanketed with natural rainforest. A favourite tourist destination
within New Zealand.
Extensive overseas travel has amplified Jane’s appreciation of the peace and beauty within the South Westland environment. She lives and creates at a remote family seaside bach where she draws inspiration from the seen and unseen, considering herself fortunate to live “The life of Riley!”
Jane’s artworks reflect her love of the natural environment. Sunrises above the alps and sunsets dipping into the Tasman Sea are constant sources of inspiration. As are the occasional auroras that apprear in crystal-clear starlit nights.
Riley’s paintings are original works of beauty ~ with enormous amounts of passion and flair. Deliberate blending of flamboyant brush stroke with rich oil colour on canvas. Textures of sands, gemstones, shells and other natural materials are often incorporated. Design components are strengthened by astute use of colour and depth in Jane’s unique contemporary artworks.
"The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives." Louise Hay
Creating at Grasmere Lodge - Cass, Canterbury ~ Summer 2012
Galleries Currently Represented
Amaze Art Gallery - Main Highway, Fox Glacier, NZ
In Port Gallery - Port Chalmers, Dunedin, NZ
ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art - 105 Main St, Gore, NZ
Left Bank Art Gallery - Greymouth, NZ
Reflectionz Gallery - Lake Matheson, NZ
Bella Arte Gallery - Pittsburgh, USA
Retail Purchase Premises
The Plateau Café & Bar - Fox Glacier, NZ
Here It Is - Beach St, Dunedin, NZ
Fern Grove Souvineers - Franz Josef , NZ
Sunshinz - Revell St, Hokitika, NZ
The Plump Pigeon - Franz Josef, NZ
Cafe 39 - Tancred St, Hokitika, NZ
Debbie and Paul Stick - Private Collection
Publishing/Advertising
West Coast & Buller 2009 + 2010 Yellow Art Awards Phone Book Cover Winner
The Living Channel, NZ Television Network
Artists’ Impressions of New Zealand - 2011
New Zealands Favourite Artists Vol2 - 2009
Sunday Star Times Magazine - Aug 2009
The Greymouth Evening Star + The Messenger + The Hokitika Guardian
Amp Show 2010 - Christchurch
Exhibitions
2011 Arts in Oxford Gallery - Oxford, North Canterbury, NZ
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2010 |
Amaze Art Gallery - Fox Glacier, NZ Carnegie Gallery - Hokitika, NZ Left Bank Gallery - Greymouth, NZ Riversdale - Southland, NZ Affordable Art Show - Wellington, NZ Southern Crafters - Southland, NZ Art in the Park - Greymouth, NZ In Port Gallery - Dunedin, NZ Selwyn Art Gallery - Darfield, NZ |
| 2007+8 | Morrison Street Café – Nelson, NZ |
| 2007+8 |
Carnegie Gallery - Hokitika, NZ |
| 2007+9 |
NZ Affordable Art Show - Wellington, NZ |
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2005+8 |
Art South Gallery – Gore, NZ |
| 2002 | Masa’s Café – Vancouver, CANADA |
| 1998 | Left Bank Art Gallery – Greymouth, NZ |
| 1997 | Levin Centre + Café Cuba – Levin & Palmerston North, NZ |
| 1997 | Wellington Café – Wellington, NZ |
| 1996 | Café Extreme – Levin, NZ |
| 1994 | Left Bank Art Gallery – Greymouth, NZ |
| 1993 | RSA Cultural Rooms – Hokitika, NZ |
Grants / Awards
| 1998 | Creative New Zealand – Exhibition Grant |
| 1998 | NZIMSI - Award Best Photograph in Open Category - Award Best Illustration/Poster |
| 1997 | Creative New Zealand – Exhibition Grant |
| 1997 | Crop & Food Research – Outstanding Achievement Award |
| 1994 | South Island Advertising Awards – Highly Commended for Woman’s Suffrage Poster |
| 1993 | Winner Woman’s Suffrage Centennial Year Poster |
| 1992 + 1991 | Telecom Art Award – Highly Commended |
Education
| 1993 - 1991 | Diploma of Visual Communications – Christchurch Polytechnic |
| 1989 | University Entrance – Lincoln High School, Christchurch |
| Secondary | Westland High School |
| Primary |
Fox Glacier School |
