Jane Yates Art background

Born in 1962 in Alders hot UK, I moved to Oxfordshire to live and work in 2001. I now live in Wolvercote Oxfordshire. Here I painted a serious of work based on my interpretation of the poet John Wain whom had lived in Wolvercote for over 25 years.

I have painted most of my Adult life but have been painting full time for the last 6 months since I lost my job.

I like to paint in lots of colours and moods. I paint from my heart.

I have little formal training as I was asked to leave Cardigan Art Collage Wales, after being told that I was too much of an individual. I was then lucky enough to have studied with the well known Welsh Artist Tony Steel-Morgan who convinced me that being thrown out of art school was the best thing for me.

I have exhibited work in many group and solo exhibitions in England and Wales.

My work has been for sale in public amenity spaces. On one such occasion I sold no paintings but one was stolen, which quite pleased me as they must have liked it enough to steal it as there was a lot of people milling about and it must have been some great risk.

(Of course I never reported it)

Galleries and shops in Wales have housed my paintings and a gallery owner in Swansea City Center gave me the space of an entire floor from his three storie gallery for one year at his own experience.

My paintings have been bought by gallery owners, collectors and private individuals but I prefer to swap work and have done so on many occasions, most notably with Uri Geller.

I am currently drawing a cartoon called Fat Spaniel, based on my dog, which I am hoping will soon be published in a new free paper not yet launched.

My new work is all on harbored that has been mounted and is ready to hang. It is all unique and original.