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  Jane Page nasceu em Londres e pintou durante toda a sua vida – uma ocupação conveniente na perspectiva dos seus pais, pois isso afastava-a da rua. Estudou com grande empenho as obras dos mestres passando um terço da sua vida a copiar os grandes exemplos no mundo das artes. Embora tenha trabalhado como dactilógrafa, jornalista, actriz, instrumentista musical a arte esteve sempre presente na sua vida. O seu percurso artístico foi trilhado por entre muitos ‘ismos’ bem conhecidas na História da Arte: Impressionismo, Pontilismo, Fauvismo, Surrealismo e Realismo. Pintei aguarelas de temas ‘bôtanicos’ para a Florida Orchid Society, cenários de teatro, em atelier e também na rua com a multidão espreitando por cima do ombro. O estímulo para a arte vem dos ambientes produzidos pela côr, a luz e a beleza de um detalhe. “Mudo o meu estilo em cada série de trahalhos que faço pois sei que nunca serei capaz de captar as coisas de uma única forma”.
 I was born in the East End of London and have painted all my life, it being a safe, indoor occupation that my parents approved of as keeping me off the streets. I also followed the tradition by spending a good third of my life copying other peoples’ work. I carried on painting while earning my living as a typist; scientific officer for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fish and Food; journalist in the electronics industry; actor and musician. (I’m exaggerating for effect there – painting has earned me vastly more than music or acting ever did.) My self-taught route has been through most ‘isms’ known to art history: Impressionism, Pointillism, Fauvism, Surrealism and back to Realism. I have painted ‘botanical’ watercolours for a Florida Orchid Society, stage backcloths with a 3inch brush and emulsion paint for various performing groups, and portraits, both highly finished in oils in the studio as well as with a dozen people peering over my shoulder, in pen and ink and sepia wash, in the street. What I have always sought is atmosphere and the shimmer of colour and light; the beauty of fine detail and the emotion of the broad sweep. I change my style with each new series of paintings because I can never capture everything I want in just one way.
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