Jane Allen Nodine
STATEMENT
Primary Research
Merging traditional and historical techniques of image and art-making with contemporary forms of technology.
Influences
Growing up watching my father drafting architectural plans for his construction business, building and marking-making became embedded in my psyche. A respect and joy of the natural world influences my journey that includes delightful memories of a maternal grandmother whose textile arts were rivaled only by her green thumb and ability to make music.
Artist Statement
I make art that gives viewers an experience for looking.
Having a strong interest in materiality and a personal connection to the natural world, my work is inspired by elements that show the passage of time and a record of aging. Informed by the macro and micro world, I focus on explorations of color, texture and substance manipulation that yield unusual and seductive visual results. My attention to surface and detailed foundation layers places an emphasis on the appearance of work as I strive to attract the viewer in for closer observation. I work intuitively and describe my approach to art-making as a process of excavation. There is no map or definitive end and no preconceived plan of travel, only a sense that something waits to be revealed.
Jane Allen Nodine 2021
Merging traditional and historical techniques of image and art-making with contemporary forms of technology.
Influences
Growing up watching my father drafting architectural plans for his construction business, building and marking-making became embedded in my psyche. A respect and joy of the natural world influences my journey that includes delightful memories of a maternal grandmother whose textile arts were rivaled only by her green thumb and ability to make music.
Artist Statement
I make art that gives viewers an experience for looking.
Having a strong interest in materiality and a personal connection to the natural world, my work is inspired by elements that show the passage of time and a record of aging. Informed by the macro and micro world, I focus on explorations of color, texture and substance manipulation that yield unusual and seductive visual results. My attention to surface and detailed foundation layers places an emphasis on the appearance of work as I strive to attract the viewer in for closer observation. I work intuitively and describe my approach to art-making as a process of excavation. There is no map or definitive end and no preconceived plan of travel, only a sense that something waits to be revealed.
Jane Allen Nodine 2021