Jane Higginbottom is a sculptor and painter, currently working in carved stone. She works on the theme of the fragility and chance elements of life. Her sculptures have been described as natural forms which might exist in a parallel universe.
She carves straight into the stone without a preconception of the finished piece; taking suggestions from plant or human forms. She allows the innate quality that the stone contains, help form the piece ie. she allows the stone to show what it wants to be depending on the colour, form and energy that it has.
A recent carving ‘Hope’, symbolizes and evokes the Sussex landscape in a traditional English way and expresses hope for it’s conservation and survival.
Processes and Techniques
When stone carving Jane works mainly with hand tools to cut the stone. The work is usually on a small scale and made in the studio. She works with a variety of stones from marble to granite.
Curiculum Vitea
Jane studied fine art painting at Camberwell Scool of Art form 1984-7. She then moved into sculpture and studied at City and Guilds college Kennington. She works locally in her studio off the Old Kent Road and her recent exhibitions have included the following:
2007
Jenny Granger Gallery, Whitstable
Jeannie Avent Gallery, Northcross Road, Dulwich
Morley Gallery, Air exhibition
Pippa Graber, Two person show as part of Dulwich festival
2006
Jeannie Avent Gallery, Northcross Road
2006 The Discerning Eye – Mall Galleries, London. Sculpture chosen by Sir Jonathan Miller and sold to a member of the ING group.
She was also a winner of the Windsor and Newton Young Artists Award and was awarded a residency at Lowick House Cumbria as well as being artist in residence, Skyros for 2 years and was on a shortlist of 3 for the Sir Robert Menzies painting scholarship to Perth Australia.
Her work has been bought by many local collectors and can also be seen on the Scottish Sculpture workshop sculpture trail and at Broomhill Art Hotel, Devon.
