Jane Runyeon

artist

 I have been making things my whole life whether it is an angel food cake or a very carefully designed still life of twigs and rocks. The idea of creating something that never existed before is exciting and totally rewarding from begin to end. My days are spent in the studio sparked by the natural world as well as the creative process itself. Each piece in the Astronomy and Romance series,begins with a fact or two that I have read in an astronomy book or seen on the NASA website about our universe. The  Books on a Shelf  series is sparked by the vast knowledge and journeys available to us inside a variety of books sitting on a library shelf .. I live in Pennsylvania filled with woodlands and dramatic color changes from season to season. My sense of place certainly affects each artwork as well as places I travel. Time is the secret sauce. The tittles are clues into the artworks. Through layering and leaving it alone for awhile the ideas marinate and the images and messages seep through . Finally it is clear when the conversation, the cake is complete.

I received my Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati, spent a year writing and making  collages while at The Rhode Island School of Design and completed my Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. My artwork is in many collections including both private and public. For more details check out my resume.