Florida Artists Group

Jane's Bio:

Artist Statement:

I have had a fascination, maybe an obsession, with water for as long as I remember. I prefer to be in it, if not in than on and failing that let me stare at it. Watching my childhood sand castles fall to the continued impertinent rolling in of waves and tide captivated me. It was but a miniature version of what happens all around the globe. 

I believe that those people who do not go out on the ocean and witness it’s power and beauty may not understand what happens with the rushing water borne on a storm. Currents, tides and runoff change the land, scouring some here, depositing some there. It can be beautiful or terrifying. This can manifest into the magic of an ox-bow forming in a river or a beach house undermined and falling into the ocean.

I have painted this subject many times in many ways but at each attempt my desire burns hotter to continue to “share what I see.”

Exhibitions:

Selected Solo Shows:

MASS Artwalk May , Fort Lauderdale Featured Artist, 2018
Jane Lawton Baldridge, Art @ 211, Southport, NC 2012
Stories, Past & present, UNC-W, Wilmington, NC, Invitation 2001
Paths, South Eastern Community College, Whiteville, NC, 2000
Stories, The Gallery at WHQR, Wilmington, NC 1999
Jane Lawton Baldridge, Creative Resource Gallery, Wilmington, NC 1998
UNCW Warwick Center, Wilmington, NC 1997
UNCW Student Union Center, Wilmington, NC 1997
Light, Waves, Water, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, NC 1993
Light, Waves, Water, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1993

Selected Two and Three Person Shows

The Dichotomy of Texture, The Great Project,2-person  Fort Lauderdale, FL 2016
2016 2-Person Show, All About Art, Bald Head Island, NC
Azure Afternoon, 2-person New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC 2012
Coming Ashore, 2-person Summer Show, New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC 2009
Female Perspectives, 2-person Three Hounds Gallery, Wilmington, NC Invitational 2006
Red Bag of Courage, 3-woman show, Independent Art Company, Wilmington, NC 2005
The Digital Horizon, 3 person show, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC 2001
New Elements Gallery, 2 women show, Wilmington, NC 1993
New Elements 2-Person Show, 1989

Group Shows

• Continuum Palm Beach Art Fair, Paul Fisher Gallery, Palm Beach, FL  2020
• In Her Image, Elliot Museum, Hutchinson Island, FL 2019
• Portrait from the Precipice, Short List, ArtFinder and Octopus Energy, UK 2019
° SCOPE MIAMI 2018 Art Basel grand opening of Miami Dome
° 2018 All Women Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online
All Women 2017 Art Exhibition, Light Space Time Gallery, juried
January 2017 "ALL PAINTINGS", Contemporary Art Gallery Online juried
7th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase juried
2016 “Creators Deserve to be Seen”, The Beauty of Art Collection, 4 Times Square, New York, NY juried
Fifth Annual Exposure Photography Award, Musee de Louvre, Paris 2015 juried
Continuum, VAM Art, Metuchen, NJ 2013 juried
Digital Group Show, See.Me Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NY 2013
Scope Art Fair, See Me Booth, Miami 2013
Art Takes Times Square, New York, NY 2012 juried
State of the Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum 2011
Digitalism I, MOCA Brooklyn, NY 2008 juried
American Juried Art Salon's 2008 Fall-Winter show

Awards:

2nd place Art Will Beat Covid Online Exhibition
Signature Membership in the American Marine Artists Society
Juried Member, National Association of Women Artists
Circle Foundation for the Arts Affiliate Artist Certificate for Remarkable Aesthetic
36th Artvita Online Art Contest, Certificate of Excellence, 2020
Seascapes, Light Space Time, 3rd Overall, 2nd Painting Division plus Special Merit for 2nd work 2016
7th ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner, 2016
Fifth Annual Exposure Photography Award, Musee´ de Louvre, Paris 2015
Honorable mention, MOCA Digitalism show 2008
The World of Art Award for  "best practices" in art & culture 2007
50 Most Influential People in the Wilmington Arts, 2006
Special Recognition - American Patriotism, International Exhibitions, 2002
Regional Artist Grant, Lower Cape Fear Arts Council 2002
Best of Show – Piney Woods Art Festival 1999, 1997
Jurors Award - Piney Woods Fine Art Festival, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995
Best of Show, Feast of Pirates Art Show, 1995
2nd place award - 10th Annual UCB Spring Art Exhibit, 1995
Emerging Artist Grant - Computer Art Project, 1994-95
Best of Show, Feast of Pirates Art Show, 1992
Presidents Award, California Institute of the Arts 1978
Gold Medal, Women’s North American Sailing Championships, 1976
Gold Medal National Scholastic Award, 1974

Recent Art Reviews:

“Mixed media artist, Jane Lawton Baldridge has a comprehensive body of work belonging conceptually and contextually to five series: 'Tides & Currents', 'Revolution', 'Reflections', 'Sail Away' and 'Erosion & Alchemy'. Her works featured here are from the latter series and reflect upon her love and respect for water. Naturally, the predominant color in these abstract works is blue, connecting the artist’s practice with an extensive legacy of artworks from antiquity to post-modernity.
Jane's works are full of life. Masterfully combined hues make up fluid compositions which like water carry the viewer's eye in a back and forth, wave-like motion across the corners of the canvas. The works have a painterly quality adding a calming effect and indeed, gazing at each canvas brings up a similar feeling of fixedly looking at the ocean which is also Jane's main inspiration.
Although her images supply the viewer with an abstract backdrop for resting their relaxing thoughts on, Jane's pieces are also an engaging attempt to bring to mind environmental issues and our species' non-reciprocal attitude towards the life-giving element of water. In her own words, "As sea levels rise and powerful storms erode the landscape, lack of moral compass erodes society." In this sense, the works in Jane Lawton Baldridge's 'Erosion & Alchemy' series can be seen as a visual metaphor for the decadent course humans have taken; far from - if not against - our own nature and our neglected responsibility toward this ecosystem which has nourished our existence.
Jane's works are rich in texture, with a winding, vibrant rhythm and reveal a remarkable talent for unapologetically blending color as well as balancing shapes in dynamic, powerful compositions that are perfectly captivating for purely aesthetic reasons, relative or not to the intended message behind them.” - Circle Foundation for the Arts, Director  https://circle-arts.com/jane-lawton-baldridge/
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Art Will Beat Covid Online Art Exhibition – SECOND PLACE, "Riptide”
“A wonderful abstract evoking the flow and splashes of waves. It makes me long for the opportunity to visit our beaches again. Color choices work well to present a maritime theme of aquamarine and steely blue, but I love how splashes of orange, purple and green interrupt the hues. Medium is presented as "water based media" and I suspect fluid acrylics, it would be wonderful to see hanging on a wall to appreciate the textures up close.”   https://www.tmaf4me.com/CovidJudging.html

Education:

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Alfred Glassel Museum School, Houston, TX

Bibliography:

• The State Port Pilot, August 3, 2016
• 2015 Fifth Annual Exposure Photography Award, Musee de Louvre, Paris 2015 Ultra Color Catalog
• I.C.A. Publishing, International Contemporary Artists, 2012
• Wilmington Star News Online , Aug 25, 2009
• Visual, an Artist directory Produced by Tabula Rasa (Matt Dols) 2007
• The Best of America Mixed Media Artists and Artisans, Kennedy Publishing Vol. I 2007
• Wilmington Star News Online, Jan 21, 2007
• World of Art Magazine 2007
• Library of Congress prints & Papers Collection (Exit Art: Reactions) 2005
• Permanent Archives of artists papers UNCW & Oral History of Artists UNCW
• 50 Most Influential People in the Wilmington Arts, Encore Magazine 2005
• Wilma Magazine, Cover and review, 2005
• Wilmington Star News Online, Oct 26, 2005
• No Boundaries International Art Colony, Bald Head Island, Catalog 2002
• Wilmington Morning Star, December 28, 2001 Review
• World Festival of Art on Paper, Kranj, Slovenia, 2000 Catalog
• Encore Magazine cover, 2000 
• Stories – a review, ArtVoices, An Online Magazine, Volume 2, No. 1 October 1999
• Morning Star, August 30, 1999
• Stories – Review, Encore Magazine, March 18, 1999
• Stories – Review, Sunday Star News, March 14th, 1999
• Stories – review, Hear Say Magazine of WHQR, March/April 1999
• International Juried Art Show, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska 1998 Catalog
• International Icarus 1997 – Wild Blue Yonder Catalog
• Encore Magazine cover, 1996
• Artistic Technology, Max Magazine, August 31, 1995
• Cover of "Welcome to Wilmington Magazine", 1990
• National Scholastic Magazine, 1974

Collections:

• The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Charlotte Branch
• Huntington Learning Center
• Wilmington Conference Center
• UNCW permanent collection
• Wilmington Children’s Museum
• Applied Analytical Inc.
• Merrill Lynch
• Bald Head Island Limited
• Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
• Wilmington Orthopedic Group
• Prudential Real Estate
• Several private collectors

Professional Affiliations:

• Signature Membership in the American Society of Marine Artists
• Member, National Association of Women Artists
• Arts Council of Martin County
• Martin Artisans Guild
  

Related Professional Experience:

• Painting Workshop for Art Associates of Martin County, 2020
• Judge for ArtsFest 2020
• Artist Speak, Cameron Art Museum, November 6, 2005
• Volunteer Curator for Arts Council of Lower Cape Fear 1990s
• Art Show Juror, miscellaneous shows                                                                              

Commissions:

Private, Triptych 3-20”x20” canvasses
Private, 49” x 34” canvas
Jensen Beach Tech Center: 7’ x 7’ Original painting on canvas for foyer statement, 2019
The Wilmington Convention Center: 3-8’ x 10’ historical Maritime themed digital collage artwork on canvas, 2011
The Children’s Museum, Wilmington, NC – Circus Audience and Ringmaster, 2006
Computer generated artwork, Installations, large abstracts on canvas, freelance watercolors, boat portraits, oil portraits, wall graphics, artistic maps, illustration, book design and magazine design, 1974-present

 

Current Gallery representation:

Steidel Contemporary Fine Arts, Palm Beach, Texas and London
All About Art, Bald Head Island, NC
The Palm Room, Sewall’s Point, FL
The Box Gsllery, Palm Beach, FL