Jane Sherrill

works on paper

studio: 20 Vernon Street, 6-West
email : jane@janesherrill.com
web : www.janesherrill.com

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statement

I've loved the ocean since I was a young child and my family spent summers at the New Jersey shore. I have fond memories of awakening early in the morning and heading to the beach with my father for a swim. The water was cold and the beach was bright. I can still visualize that ocean sparkling in the early morning sunlight.

These paintings are part of a series I began in 2009 called The Truro Paintings. My medium is acrylic on rag paper. My goal is to express the movement and flow of water and to depict the ocean’s expansiveness and depth. I'm interested in the color of water, how it changes with the hour of the day, seasons, weather... There are times when water and sky appear the same with almost no demarcation between the two. During those times the ocean is infused with a purplish gray and is mesmerizing. You are engulfed in subtle color. My intent here is to express that state.