Jane Upstone is a painter of abstract and figurative work. She currently resides in Bedfordshire, England where she pursues her love of both drawing and painting. She thinks of her work as a way of exploring the world around her, examining the sensory ramifications of daily encounters with changing seasons and landscapes. Her work oscillates between thickly layered, sensually manipulated surfaces and calm expanses of soft colour washes where drips and runs are allowed to take their own course.

After an early career as a graphic designer she returned to university in 1998 to complete a degree in Fine Art at Reading University, going on to teach art before concentrating solely on her own work as a full time artist. She cites the work of American abstract expressionists such as Sam Francis and Joan Mitchell among her influences as well as the work of Peter Doig and JMW Turner.

Drift Away I

Rain and Sun

Balancing Act IV

Walking on Air

Evening Reminiscence

Winter Light

Angel Step

Letting it all go by

Balancing Act I

Late in the Day IV

Once You Were Gold

Washed Over

Late in the Day III

Time Passages I

Earth Drumming

Counteraction

Emergent I

In the Hills

Memory of Place IV

Downward Gaze

Back in Time

Remembered Place

Drift Away II

Memory of Place III

Dawn's Gate

Late in the Day II

Evening

Walking Home

Balancing Act V

Memory of Place I

Balancing Act VIII

Golden Glow 1

Subtle Shift II

Memory of Place II

Subtle Shift I

Sensing I

From The Air

Balancing Act II

Radiant

Basking

Light Burst

Water's Edge

Mist in the Air

Sensory II

Coast

Winter's Dance

Winter on Saddleworth

Crouching Girl

Balancing Act VI

Elements I

Little Tree

Time Lapse

Balancing Act VII

Late in the Day I

Balancing Act III

Sensory I

Jane Upstone