| Artist Bio:
Jane Marquez
Jane Marquez
was born in Paola, Kansas and spent the first 14 years of her life in
Parkville, Missouri, before moving to Titusville, Florida. In 1967, she
graduated from Titusville High School then began working at the Kennedy
Space Center Visitor Information Center. After moving to San
Diego, California, she met and married her soul mate, Ruben, over 30
years ago. After their children were grown, they moved from Escondido,
California to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998.
Jane Marquez began her professional career in 1990. After graduating
with a degree in Fine Art, she began entering local and regional
competitions, where she won several awards for her art. In Las Vegas,
she won First Place in the oil/acrylic category at the 1999 Las Vegas
Art Museum's Fall Roundup and has earned very favorable reviews of her
work; most recently by Chuck Twardy for her solo show at the City of Las
Vegas' Charleston Heights Art Center. "Marquez has a mature sensibility
and you can imagine it only gaining power over time." (Las Vegas Weekly;
12/16/2002)
Statement
"The subjects I choose for my paintings come from personal encounters
with people, places, or things. The compositions I create are worked out
from sketches and photos of these subjects, but imbued with quite a bit
of imagination. Sometimes the ideas come quickly, other times they are
worked out of a period of years. I like to paint with either acrylic
paint or pastel because they each have properties that allow for quick
changes as the painting evolves. I am most fascinated with the color of
light and shadow, and the way that it falls across a subject. My hope is
that the viewer will feel compelled to take a moment to really see and
to be drawn into my compositions." -- Jane Marquez
Past Exhibitions
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"The tragedy
of 9/11/01 was the incentive to reflect upon my own
life and just how fleeting life can be, especially
with the loss of my father the previous year. The
subject this piece is based on the Missouri River,
which runs through my Midwest hometown, where many
family photos were taken over a period of years. The
river represents the flow of life - you know not
where it begins or where it ends, thus each end
piece shows a bend in the river, so that you can't
see the beginning or the end. The color changes in
each piece represent time and space, via Einstein's
Theory of Relativity. As one travels forward in
time, it seems to be cool blues and greens, a
dreamlike quality. As one travels forward in time,
it seems to fall faster and faster and burns up
through time, thus the hot colors. And the middle
piece represents the present, when all colors are
before us, if we just open our eyes."
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