{"id":480,"date":"2011-10-26T17:09:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T07:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=480"},"modified":"2011-10-27T07:20:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T21:20:49","slug":"artchat-with-jane-creenaune-blog-interview-number-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"ArtChat with Jane Creenaune [Blog Interview Number 3]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=480\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>In November we present an insight into the artist Jane Creenaune who is celebrating her 10<sup>th<\/sup> year with <a title=\"JC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a> with an exhibition of her works.<\/p>\n<p>Jane is an exceptional artist who has been with the gallery since 2001.\u00a0\u00a0 During this time we have seen Jane grow from painting part time, whilst still teaching to becoming a full time artist in 2004.\u00a0 During the entire period Jane\u2019s popularity has continued to grow with our clients and is now a Professional, practicing Visual Artist.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=486\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-486\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486\" title=\"Jane Creenaune |  Exhibition Nov 2011 at Red Hill Gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenauneRHG.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Creenaune |  Exhibition Nov 2011 at Red Hill Gallery\" width=\"800\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenauneRHG.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenauneRHG-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Creenaune | Exhibition Nov 2011 at Red Hill Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Along the way Jane has won many major awards, travelled overseas to further gain experience and knowledge of her passion -art.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen her work progress with her identifiable figurative acrylic paintings, to charcoal and works on paper further study had her producing etchings in her own mode.\u00a0 Her next foray was into the beautiful Bronze Sculptures that typify her own unique style.\u00a0 All the time her passion for her craft was obvious both to the gallery but more importantly to our clients.\u00a0 Jane has a large following in Queensland and now exhibits in other states around Australia and in Italy. We are proud to be her first major official gallery and fully support and encourage her as she continues her artistic journey.<\/p>\n<p>We obtain an intimate look into the artist herself and discover more on this multitalented, yet private, elegant artist who is dedicated to her craft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What inspires you to create?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A reaction to the world around me as I see it or feel it might be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>In Three words describe your art.<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thoughtful, subtle, reflective<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do you spend your leisure time?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walking with my dog Tully, traveling and looking at artwork. Often I can combine all these activities at once.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who is your role model or person you most admire?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the moment it is Bartolini and Degas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Share something with us about yourself that we don\u2019t know.<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both sets of my grandparents migrated to Australia in the early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century from England and Sicily respectively and settled in North Queensland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What music do you listen to while you create?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I no longer work to music. My new studio is in a manse set in a lovely garden with a caf\u00e9 downstairs. The sounds of people, food cooking and view from my windows are just right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was the last book you enjoyed?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A book on Lorenzo Bartolini \u2013 a nineteenth century Italian sculptor extraordinaire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What does your art mean to you?<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A means of expressing my experience of the word and a satisfaction within the activity of making the work in drawing, painting or sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You have recently completed a Master of Fine Art by Research at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artdes.monash.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faculty of Art &amp; Design, Monash University, Melbourne<\/a> <\/strong><strong>. Tell us briefly about this.<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This two year research project provided a way for me to connect my academic and personal interest in identity and migration, particularly Italian Australian, with my work as an artist. As I produced much of the work in the faculty sculpture studio, I learnt much about the fundamentals of casting and patination of bronze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You recently completed a Residency &amp; Exhibition Project: Italy hosted jointly by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artegiro.com\/news\/artegiro &amp; Monash_University_Artist_Residence-2011-18.html\" target=\"_blank\">Artegiro and The Monash University Centre Prato.<\/a><\/strong><strong>Tell us about it.<\/strong><br \/>\nJC:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My generous and supportive hosts, Artegiro and Monash University Prato Centre, provided this wonderful opportunity in which I could develop new ideas. My project was as much about the process of making new work and forming relationships within the local arts and business communities of Montefiascone and in Toscana as it was about the final product, that is, the exhibition of work. The new sculptures are characterized by a translation of ideas about identify and migration through experimentation with new mediums and approaches.<\/p>\n<p>As a sculptor who exclusively worked in cast bronze to this point, I adapted to the constraints of time and place of a 6 week, multi-sited residency. I turned to new materials \u2013 gesso, resin, marble, stone gold leaf as the means through which I might realize my ideas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_485\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?attachment_id=485\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"size-full wp-image-485\" title=\"Jane Creenaune |  Artegiro and Monash University Prato Centre\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenaunePrato.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Creenaune |  Artegiro and Monash University Prato Centre\" width=\"800\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenaunePrato.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/JaneCreenaunePrato-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Creenaune | Artegiro and Monash University Prato Centre<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jane\u2019s Masters Supervisor, Prof. Bernard Hoffert, offered this critique and insight into Jane\u2019s work in the opening address at her exhibition in Prato, Italy in July 2011:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Jane is a distinguished sculptor known for her small scale bronze work. She continues the tradition of bronzes initiated in the Renaissance by Florentine artists of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century, asserting the continued importance and relevance of metal casting as the basis of art; through her art she bridged between past and present and offers the definitive example of how visual art in Australia can be enriched by the Prato residency program. Her work explores contemporary themes using a traditional art form, but projecting it into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, exploring an expressive and emotionally evocative language of visual imagery which holds meaning for contemporary eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artdes.monash.edu.au\/finearts\/staff\/bhoffert.html\">http:\/\/www.artdes.monash.edu.au\/finearts\/staff\/bhoffert.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=480\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareIn November we present an insight into the artist Jane Creenaune who is celebrating her 10th year with Red Hill Gallery with an exhibition of her works. 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