Jane Fielder Exhibition \u2018Tread Softly\u2019 at The Bingley Gallery <\/strong><\/p>\n A new exhibition at \u2018The Bingley Gallery\u2019 is a very personal insight into the life and outlook of Bingley\u2019s best-loved artist, Jane Fielder. Many know Jane\u2019s artwork through her highly popular \u2018Janescapes\u2019 \u2013 quirky views of the region that reflect both her sense of humour and her artist\u2019s ability to notice small details that most of us would miss when viewing the scene. However, this show, at the gallery she used to run, looks at a wider range of her artistic output and deeper into what is important to her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Further text on ‘Tread Gently’ Below<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Aselection of Jane’s work on show:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”8056,8059,8045,8054,8046,8047,8049,8048,7351,8050,8051,8052,8044,8053,8055″ posts_number=”30″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″]<\/p>\n The title of the exhibition reflects Jane’s aim to adopt a more sustainable approach to her life and art, but extends beyond this to focus on the importance of the simple things treasures in life; family, friends, nature and the wonderful world that surrounds us. The origins of her \u2018waste-not\u2019 approach go back to her early years – growing up with parents who had lived through a world war. She and her siblings were taught as youngsters not to waste anything. Food left on a plate was particularly frowned upon, with her father reminding her of the many people dying of hunger. Everything was patched and repaired, living a simple life, little things meant a lot. Those childhood feelings never left her. \u201cI still feel the need to rescue everything. I still love darning and mending things. I have even started a series of pictures \u2018study of a dying sock!\u201d Further text on ‘Tread Gently’ Below<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Aselection of Jane’s work on show:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.20.2″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”31px|0px|30.8167px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row background_color_1=”#000000″ _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”3.20.2″ background_color=”#000000″] Jane Fielder Exhibition \u2018Tread Softly\u2019 at The Bingley Gallery A new exhibition at \u2018The Bingley Gallery\u2019 is a very personal insight into the life and outlook of Bingley\u2019s best-loved artist, Jane Fielder. Many know Jane\u2019s artwork through her highly popular \u2018Janescapes\u2019 \u2013 quirky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Do come along to the launch 7-9pm Weds 16 Oct<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nHome life continues to feature in her work. \u2018Happy Kitchen\u2019 is about the joy she gets each day from the wonderful smell of bread cooking. It also features a favourite plate given to her by the children, her mother\u2019s old, much-treasured, butter dish, a hand-painted mug full of scissors AND a bargain bunch of flowers! A second, joyous painting features flowers gathered from her garden: a precious vase holds the very last of the daffodils, together with the first bluebells and lilac. Bags of recycling and her son, Chris\u2019s prize-winning painting \u201cMum in a Million\u201d further stirred her soul. Her artist\u2019s pallet features in the foreground.
\nJane\u2019s garden is close to her heart and a rich source of subject matter. In \u2018Bringing Peace and Love\u2019 Jane expresses her great joy seeing and hearing birds. \u201cI often spot them through the kitchen window. Not only are they good at raising our spirits, but birds also play an important part in the ecosystem, spreading seeds, eating bugs etc. These golden birds magically crept into this painting, bringing peace and love to us all.\u201d \u2018Golden Cats\u2019 was painted on top of an artist friend\u2019s canvas. \u201cUnsure where to go next, he asked me if I would like it. After the initial trepidation of painting on someone else\u2019s work it gave me a wonderful freedom to play. Flowers from the garden soon started filling the black void and it wasn\u2019t long before the golden cats gently crept in leaving their golden footprints behind them.\u201d
\nIn summer Jane\u2019s garden hosts life drawing sessions (who knows what the neighbours make of it) Washing lines are often a feature of her works and when the model helped with the hanging out, it was an obvious subject \u201cSue, deep in thought, looked beautiful amidst the trees and flowers and the precious bird box, painted by my granddaughter. My intriguing sculptures added mystery to the scene.\u201d A second work features the same model, Sue, who being, ecofriendly goes everywhere on her bike.
\nIt comes almost as a surprise to find work amongst this show which is rendered in a more traditional style, and which shows Jane\u2019s mastery of it. For this work, she explained, \u201cA breathtaking view from above The Dog and Gun in Oxenhope, filled my soul with the beauty of the Earth\u201d.
\nThe exhibition also contains a selection of older works that Jane had saved for a long time waiting for the right moment, but which now seemed appropriate for the theme. The elephant series are amongst these. They were painted in 1990 when she went back to study in her 40\u2019s and did a textile design course at Bradford College. The animals are of course now an endangered species, but are so important for the ecosystem, seem to fit perfectly in to \u2018Tread Gently\u2019.
\nIn 2020 Jane\u2019s interest in recycling took a bolder step. Just before lockdown she was chatting with other artists about all the plastic and other material that are wasted. They decided to keep any clean plastics that could not be recycled as part of a five-year art project.
\nJane made extensive notes as she went along. Her log includes notes such as \u201cinteresting plastic with 4 red roses found in street\u201d and comments on supermarket bags which gave the unhelpful instruction \u2018not yet re-cycled\u2019 It all took so long working out which were recyclable, which were not, making sure everything was clean etc. A few weeks into the enormous task, Jane decided to take a break from collecting\u2026and hasn\u2019t restarted. She did, however, make a huge artwork from the rescued plastic with a view to showing it somewhere but instead decided to cut it up, framing smaller sections of the work especially for \u2018Tread Gently\u2019.
\nJane explained that these two framed pieces will be at bargain prices as she doesn\u2019t want them wasted!
\n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nDo come along to the launch 7-9pm Weds 16 Oct<\/strong><\/h3>\n