2022 – CWA Artistic Vision, San Ramon City Hall Gallery, Third Place Award for Bernal Heights from 30th Street
2022 – Corte Madera Community Center Paint Out. People’s Choice 2nd place for Town Park Playground
Town Park Playground, Corte Madera, 14 in x 20 in, May 13, 2022
Livermore Art Association Second Place Award for Summertime Lake Del Valle at the Late Spring Show, Bothwell Arts Center, September 2021
Summertime Lake Del Valle, 11 in x 15 in, 20190603
2020 – California Watercolor Association Honorable Mention Award for Chance Encounter: Juror of Awards — Leslie Wilson, CWA, writes about Chance Encounter, “This painting is an intriguing collection of colors and values that tell a story of people in sidewalk scene. It is simple and spontaneous, and engages the viewer with a minimal approach — the small shapes depict people with just enough detail. The colors are pure and the shapes delight the viewer like none other.”
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2020 – A Leap Year, January 2020: San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, Bay Area Artists Group Show, Chance Encounter/Rockridge Cafe “Juror’s Choice’by Ashley L. Voss, Gallerist & Arts Advocate, states: “A saturated scene of luscious color sweeps across a calm city street in ‘Chance Encounter.’ Two figures activate the cafe in the center of the composition encouraging viewers to participate in deciphering the work’s narrative.”
Chance Encounter at the Rockridge Cafe
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Summer 2019: Springtime on Walnut Street Honorable Mention for Springtime on Walnut Street. Juror Ruth Koch, Signature member NWS, WW, MCWA, writes, “I admire and appreciate the direct freshness of this painting and the cleanness of the colors. Even though there are no real darks in this piece, the clever use of complementary colors keeps my eye moving around the painting. With just enough information and not one stroke too many, this is a perfectly balanced and charming composition.”
First Place Award for Richmond Train Tunnel, 16 in x 20 in, 2018. $100 prize Juror Sandi Chin, Director of Community Exhibitions at Domincan University, writes, “This artist used the serendipity of process to produce purposeful images. The result is an invigorating visual experience.”
People’s Choice Awards, 1st and 2nd place, Jane and Sharon Hind-Smith, Dominican University 2018
People’s Choice Award, Jane With Michael Friedland, 3rd place, Falkirk Mansion, San Rafael, 2021
Spirit of San Francisco, December 2019: Member Show, Kearny Street from Northbeach to Downtown ‘Juror’s Choice’by Cynthia Tom, Cultural and Women Focused Curator, states: “I was looking for evidence of a thought process, conscious or unconscious, that infused emotion into the creation of the artwork. Thank you for infusing your artistic eye into the scene. It sparked a point of joy when I came across your work. Thank you for your take on SF.”
Kearny Street from Northbeach to Downtown, 30 in x 22 in, 20170316
Benicia Plein Air Gallery: 3rd and 4th Annual Plein Air Paint Outs, 2018 & 2019: Benicia Walk, Servants Quarters at Benicia Capitol State Historic ParkArts Benicia / Vallejo Community Arts Foundation, Vallejo Waterfront Weekend Plein Air Paint Out, Fall 2018: Third Place Award for Barges, Cranes & Boats, 22 in x 29 in, 10/06/2018. $500 prize
I live in San Francisco and paint in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ipaint an d draw en plein air in a spirit of spontaneity, play and celebration. I especially enjoy the camaraderie of painting with a group as we all interpret the world in our own, unique ways.
Education:
BA in Art, Mills College
Painted and studied drawing in France, culminating in a one-person-show at the Fondation des États Unis, Cité Universitaire, Paris
MA Education, SF State University
Student of Kenneth Potter, AWA (American Watercolor Association):
ON VIEW NOW: Fifteen Watercolors at the Rockridge Cafe, College Avenue Oakland, December 8, 2022 through January 18, 2023
ON VIEW NOW:Balboa Street Art Walk in California Watercolor Association53rd National Exhibition, January 7 – March 18, 2023, at the Harrington Gallery in the Firehouse Art Center in Pleasanton
Balboa Street Art Walk, 14 in x 20 in, 2022
EXHIBITS
California Watercolor Association (CWA) Juried Shows
30th Street to Bernal Heights and Artists Under the Buckeye Tree in Artistic Vision at San Ramon Community Gallery, Fall 2022
Summertime Plaza in Beautiful Wellness in John Muir Aspen Center, Fall 2022
Eucalyptus Duet in Beauty of California, Delta Gallery Community Art Center, Brentwood, CWA, Spring 2022
Oakland Harbor in Spring Into Art, Online Show Sponsored by Corte Madera Parks and Recreation, March 2021
Trail to Wildcat Creek in Autumn Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Fall 2021
Putting Up the Holiday Lights in Corte Madera Community Center Invitational Exhibition, December 2021
Off Fourth Street in Summer So Serene, Online Show, Summer 2020,
Tilden Park Poppies and Chance Encounter, Falkirk Cultural Center, Summer 2020
Backwoods Beehive in Attitude of Quietude at John Muir Aspen Center, Walnut Creek, Fall 2019
Meeker Slough with Scent of Smoke, Luminous – Radiating Light,Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, Spring 2019
Botanic Garden Greenhouse in Autumn’s Allure, San Ramon Civic Center Gallery, Fall 2019
Keller Beach House on the Bluff and Shoreline Rubble in Changing Seasons at Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, Fall 2018
Wildflowers of Meeker Slough in Color of Summer at Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, Summer 2018
Hero of the Pacific – USS Hornet and Spring Came Early to Blake Garden in Personal Journeys at Delta Gallery, Streets of Brentwood, Spring 2018
30th Street and ChurchStore and Santa Rosa Alley in A Different Perspective at Delta Gallery, Brentwood, Spring 2018
20th and Eye Street and Kearny Street from North Beach to Downtown and Treasure IslandGreen Schooner in Go Figure at Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, Spring 2018
Twilight Zone (The Yellow Boat) and Richmond Train Tunnel in Explore Color. Discover Color! Dominican University, Fall 2018
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery (SFWAG) Juried Shows
sfwomenartists.org“A presence in the San Francisco arts community since 1887, San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA), a nonprofit (501(c)(3) organization, remains committed to the transformative power of art on our culture, on our selves. By increasing the representation of women in the arts and by outreach and encouragement of aspiring young artists, we remain true to our mission and legacy. Today, more than ever, we are in need of the unique power of art to recreate unifying bonds among all people by imagining, reflecting, and expanding the shared human experience. SFWA welcomes all genders to our organization who support our mission.”
Christmas Eve Shop in Holiday Spirit at the SF Women Artists Gallery, December 6 – January 6, 2023
Autumn Lagoon at the SF Women Artists Gallery Annual Benefit Silent Auction. Gala Event at the Salesforce Tower, December 7th, 2022
California Poppies Tilden Park in Botanicals, September 2022
California Winter in Patterns, Textures, Materials, July 2022
Artists Under the Buckeye Tree in Intense Color, May 2022
California Poppies Tilden Park in Botanicals, September 2022
Town Park Playground in Being Human, August 2022
Gum Tree Girls Save Glen Park in Women History Month, March 2022
Falkirk Autumn, Ada Plays Hide and Seek, and Honey House Cafe in Fresh Perspective, February 2022
Tilden Park Botanic Garden Greenhouse in SFWA Members Artist Salon, February 2021
Trail to Wild Cat Creek in Verdant, October 2021
Aquatic Park and View of the Bay in Online Holiday Benefit Auction, 2020
Isolation Spring and Last Day of Summer in Reflective, November 2020
Blake Garden Springtime and California Holly in Online Benefit Auction, May 2020
Rose Garden Artists in Hidden Figures, March 2020
Sutro Tower from Liberty Street and Putting up the Holiday Lights in Curves and Shapes, Fall 2019
Alvarado Adobe Summer in Hot Color, Fall 2019
California Desert Poppies and Plants in Works on Paper, Summer 2019
Bay Area Wildflowers in Season of Abundance,Summer 2019
30th Street and Church Store,Jack London Square, and The Castro in Celebrating Bay Area Culture, Spring 2019
Blake Garden Spring in Textures and Patterns, Spring 2019
She’s Driving in Celebrating Women, Spring 2019
Cafe Morning in What I Love, Winter 2018
Mount Tamalpais,Wetmore Lodge Mills College and Mare Island Cranes in Small Presents, Winter 2018
East Bay Landscape Painters
“We are a community of artists of all media, styles and levels of experience that meets once a week to paint outdoors in the parks and cities east of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is free to join.” – Sharon Hind-Smith
United in Nature, Summer 2022, EBLP, Alameda County Law Library, Oakland: Springtime Magnolias, Honey House Cafe and Artists Under the Buckeye Tree
Oakland Art Association, United in Nature, Alameda County Law Library, Summer 2022: Magnolia Tree Afternoon, Artists Under the Buckeye Tree and Honey House Cafe
Berkeley Marina Yacht Club, 2022, Craig Murdock Memorial Exhibition
Black Diamond Cafe and Albany Race Track Beach with Dogs in Oakland Rockridge Library, Spring 2019
Lakeside Promenade and Old Ferry Point Terminal in Oakland Art Association: Recent Works, Alameda County Law Library, Fall 2018
Alvarado Adobe Courtyard, Alvarado Adobe and Home of the First Lady of Alta California in The City of San Pablo Art Gallery and the San Pablo Historical and Museum Society First Plein Air Painting Festival Exhibition, 2018
Four Paintings of Places in San Pablo in the City of San Pablo Plein Air Exhibit, San Pablo Community Center, Spring 2022
Galleries, Community Events, Paint Outs
Red’s Java House Cafe in Delicious: Work Inpired by Food and Drink, STUDIO Gallery, 1641 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, May 26 – June 20, 2022
Balboa Street Art Walk painted and exhibited at the Balboa Street Art Walk, Simple Pleasures Cafe, May 2022
Town Park Playground at the Corte Madera Community Center Paint Out, Corte Madera, CA May 2022
Twenty paintings selected from 2017 to 2019 at the Rockridge Cafe, 5492 College Avenue, Oakland. Solo Show, Fall 2019.
El Campanile, Wetmore Lodge and Gate and Under the Eucalyptus at the Mills College Benefit Auction: Third and Fourth Annual Mills College Artists Network Art Auctions, 2018 & 2019
L. Schenone Downtown Plaza in Livermore Art Assocication – Paint Livermore, 2nd Annual Plein Air Competition,2021
Day Trip to Livermore and Summertime Lake Del Valle in New Dawn Online Show, February 25 – March 31, 2021:
Jane Sneed 