Near Seven Ponds, 1961
Oil on canvas
20 x 19 inches
Artist Quotes:
“What I need to do is remember what it felt like to stand there. Take a breath and be there, and then I know what to do.” Interview statement – November 2010, Wall Street Journal
“(In my paintings) I want to convey a sense of movement, depth and change over time.” Artist statement, Jane Wilson Website
“Layers and textures are apt metaphors for human life experience, whether thinking of life as a chronology of events, layer upon layer, or any one event perceived in a variety of ways by different people.” Artist statement, Jane Wilson Website
Additional Links:
Jane Wilson’s website
Excerpt of an interview of the artist Jane Wilson by Mimi Thompson. Wilson explains her artistic concept and process, her ideas of landscape painting and artists who have inspired her work.
Link to the full interview:
California Landscape into Abstraction Research 