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Jane
Saborío Canadian/British watercolourist, born in Medellin, Colombia,
Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, the Artistes de
France and Arts et Lettres is pursuing her lifelong love of painting
with impressionist renditions of floral, architectural and landscape
images.
Working with a palette of three primary colours, her paintings evoke an exotic, tropical, Spanish flavour and are featured in the commercial collections of the Royal Bank of Canada and in private collections in France, England, Japan, Canada and the US. Please see Workshops Section for dates and locations. |
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In the tradition of the French master impressionists I work "en plein air" on site in my beloved France, whenever possible, where I have been recognized as an impressionist and awarded an impressive number of medals for my free flowing florals, architectural images and waterscapes/landscapes, for composition, originality and technique; including the medals of the towns of Gimont and St. Galmier. I work wet in wet with a limited palette of three primary colours and my unique trademark white china dinner plate palette, which becomes a beautiful piece of abstract art as I mix a full range of hues on it, and which I offer my clients as a companion piece to my original watercolour. My unique wet in wet technique with a limited palette and exclusive use of flat brushes allows me to create 'sfumato' or slightly blurred images, a hint or suggestion of an object allowing my viewer to complete the image from his/her own experience and to draw from my work a personal interpretation. As in the Ikebana Japanese tradition of flower arranging less is more; I prefer the pure translucent uncluttered image imbued with feeling that speaks from the soul. In the words of Victor Hugo "There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky; that is the interior of the soul". I create soft edges and gently blurred "impressionistic" images which evoke reverie, imagination and an exciting sense of movement and freedom. Working alternatively the negative and positive I achieve the desired effect I am striving for. I do not glaze as I want the clarity and purity of my initial three washes of pale yellow, light peach or mango and light purple to remain unsullied. I start every painting with the same three washes the light yellow covers lightly all the highlighted areas of my image, wherever the light source is striking, the light orange/peach introduces the next level or intensity of tones (mid tone areas) and an overall warm colour with the final wash of purple, its complementary colour, indicating all shadow areas and future dark tones, as I work from light to darkest of darks. To maintain my soft edges I am working against time and therefore I have developed the unique technique of using multiple same size brushes loaded with different colours of paint, and one with water only and one that is perfectly dry. This technique, plus having visualized the finished image, by having mentally thought it out for weeks, months before drawing the rough contour sketch to ensure good composition and starting to apply paint to paper, is the challenge of watercolour, the most demanding of all mediums, for once the colour is applied there is no changing one's mind nor covering an error! |
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I am an enthusiastic and creative teacher, offering "Watercolour Impressions" workshops locally and internationally, through various colleges, art groups and in my studio, an award winning amateur photographer, and a gifted linguist fluent in Spanish, French and English. Jane works in three mediums: oil, watercolour & acrylic. Please see workshops outlined on this page. My product line includes:
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Exhibitions
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Over 20 solo exhibitions, locally and internationally, and an average of fifteen juried shows annually over the past nine years. These include the Bienniale in Ypres and Bruges;the Biennial of the Americas in Miami,'97; exhibiting in Paris with the Salon des Indepèndants and with the Centre de Liaison (Paris and Cannes); Soho in New York; Marseille with the Seigneurs de l'Art. and numerous others. After garnering 'coupes' and 'médailles' as an impressionist artist for my free flowing florals, west coast seascapes, Mediterranean architectural images and terracotta pots, for my exquisite watercolour technique using wet in wet with a limited palette and my trademark white china dinner plate palette for blending a kaleidoscope of colours; I wish to celebrate a decade of artistic endeavour with the publication of "Brushed with Colour" a compilation of my best photographs and the subsequent watercolours they inspired from my world travel experiences and the exotic, tropical, colourful Spanish flavoured images etched in my soul from my childhood in South America, each image annotated and followed by eight chapters on my unique technique. |
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Invitational Fund Raising
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Original
Watercolours and Oils
Specific award winning works and works with special matting and framing may be priced higher; oils may be purchased without frames, commissions are priced individually depending on format and medium. Limited
Edition Prints
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Contacting the Artist |
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Saborío #23 12711 64th Avenue
Surrey, British Colbumai V3W 1X1 (Canada) Telephone:
(604) 596-9345 | Fax: (604) 596-2309 | E-Mail: janesaboriolaorquidea@shaw.ca See Jane's work on the Internet at: |
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