Goodafternoon and welcome to this weekend's STUDIO SATURDAYS series. We hope you are enjoying the opportunity to have a sneak peek into the studios of our artists. We represent so many amazing local artists, working in every medium you can imagine. But one medium that people don't always consider as original art is digital art. There's much more to it than simply working on a computer. Jane Rovers is one of the best examples of how digital artists are creating works that are personal, engaging and unique.
Jane wrote some wonderful words about her studio and life as an artist below:
My "studio" is where I do all of my editing post collecting
adventures. All of my work is digital so it is all stored and completed
on my computer. My current process developed out of necessity. I wanted
to work from home so that I could be with my children during the day but
I needed something that was quiet and wouldn't make a big mess on my
dining room table. Digital artwork allows me that luxury.
In
my studio I work at a custom made desk made for me by my husband and my
father in law. Outside my studio there is a huge red maple tree that
surrounds both windows. In the summer the studio is dark and cool and in
the late winter months, when the leaves are gone it is warm and sunny.
It's my favourite room in our house.
Inside I am surrounded by artwork
from local artists, my children's artwork and my own. I also have a note
written to me by my grandmother. I photographed the note and had it
enlarged and framed. She was an artist as well. I lived beside her my
entire childhood and she always encouraged my creativity.
My studio doubles as a playroom as well for my kids. We often spend the mornings playing and working together in this room.
Most
of my creating happens at night when my kids are asleep. During the day
we go on adventures in the Annapolis Valley where we live or elsewhere
in the province. I always take my camera with me and do a lot of my
photo collecting this way.
I collect photos of houses, clouds, landscapes and layer those with photos of texture I collect from various objects, such as vintage books and old
bakeware (the round tin below was my grandmother's cake tin.) She
baked all of my birthday cakes in that tin.
