JANE BAYNE

"Whatever happened, Baby Jane" Watercolor 30 x 22	"Sailing the Straits" Watercolor 22 x 30
"Green Tea" Watercolor 30 x 22	"Study in Blue with Vermillion" watercolor 30 x 22

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

I come from an "audio" family. Perfect pitch is in my background, as is a cellist, a violinist, a pianist and a choral conductor. I'm the black sheep of my family because I chose to go "visual".

My musical background appears in my art. There's the rhythm, the chord structure, tonality and sense of movement, all of which - in my family - are heard, but in my work, they are seen and experienced.

BIOGRAPHY

I have loved art since I was in grade school when, one Sunday afternoon, my mother took me to her string quartet practice. Practice was held at the home of a couple on the art faculty of Washington University. While her husband played the viola with the quartet, the wife gave me painting lessons. That may not have been her idea of a relaxing Sunday afternoon, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I discovered, then, that making art was something I really enjoyed.

I have been involved with art ever since. I graduated from SMU with a degree in art and fashion design. After rearing a family, I returned to college for a teaching certification and taught art in the Plano program. I continue to teach students how to look at and how to love art as I tour them in my work as a docent for the Dallas Museum of Art.

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
National Watercolor Oklahoma
Southwestern Watercolor Society - Patsy and Raymond Nasher Award
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies - Connoisseur Brush Award
Texas & Neighbors Regional Exhibition
Visual Art Society of Texas

SELECTED GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Cora Stafford Gallery; Denton, Texas
Laredo Center for the Arts, Goodman Gallery; Laredo, Texas
Studio 119; Dallas, Texas
Artist's Showplace; Dallas, Texas

AFFILIATIONS
Corinthian Sailing Club
Kimbell Art Museum
Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth
Dallas Museum of Art
Southwestern Watercolor Society
Board member
Texas Visual Arts Association

For further information you may contact the artist at janebayne@verizon.net