“People who love my work say they feel as though they can walk right into my images and take a deep breath, because the space there is so tranquil and inviting. My use of vibrant color and undulating shapes create a sense of calm yet buoyant joy, as the color and shapes carry awareness of a journey throughout the picture.”
Searching out the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful places, Jane Aukshunas tunes in to the mysterious power of the natural world and translates what she sees and feels into the essential elements that are the crux of her imagery. With a lifelong interest in textiles, it follows that her imagery is influenced by fabric design.
Aukshunas revels in the creamy medium of oil pastels and uses a hybrid technique that can be regarded both as drawing and painting. Lately she is turning to acrylic painting, continuing to use natural landscapes as her motivation.
Jane holds a Bachelors of Fine Art from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, with additional studies of Japanese art at Harvard University and fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York City. The artist also studied traditional Balinese painting in Indonesia.