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(4.18 - 217 votes)About Mary Jane:
Mary Jane Ansell graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and now works from her studio in the heart of Brighton’s North Laine.
After only beginning to seriously exhibit her work in 2002, she was selected for both the 2004 BP National Portrait Award and The Daily Mails Not the Turner Prize she was also prize winner in LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Arndale Gallery, Cork Street London.
2004 also saw her supporting the national charitable initiative Big Arts Week spending a week with children, at Stanford Infant School during June encouraging them to explore portraiture for themselves.
2005 continued to be just as eventful. Mary Jane won the Sussex Open Painting Award at Brighton and Hove Museum and was selected for the Royal Society Of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London followed by a second selection for LondonArts Art of Love competition held at the Oxo Tower Gallery, London in February.
2006 opened with an invitation to produce a portrait, one of 150 to be auctioned as part of The National Portrait Gallery’s 150th Anniversary Gala celebrations. Along with celebrities such as Mario Testino, Bruce Oldfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sophie Dahl and Jerry Hall – artists and sitters joined forces for National Portrait Gallery’s 150th Anniversary Appeal: ‘Collecting for the Future’ raising money for future collections.
Mary Jane is currently working towards her next solo show be held at Fairfax, Chelsea in Sept 2009.
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Absolutely EXQUISITE!!! These two pieces are only a small bit of the artist’s huge talent. Remarkable light, composition… there’s a palpable melancholy in so much of the work. Remarkably beautiful.
Comment by kathryn o — July 6, 2009
I love your work. The amount of detail and the very clean look is is very captivating. I looked at some of your other work, and while seemingly unrelated, it made me think of Dali… I think it’s the shading and use of colors.
Comment by steve — July 6, 2009
I love these. They capture her in a moment of curiostidy. Very well done.
Comment by Andria — July 6, 2009
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Comment by dantrim — July 6, 2009
Beautiful.
Comment by Leigh — July 6, 2009
Wow, it’s just so…. luminescent and honest.
I’ve never seen more perfect portraits.
Detailed, realistic, beautiful lighting, pretty models.
Honesty and beauty are hard to combine, but Mary Jane Ansell has pulled it off!
Comment by Claire — July 6, 2009
the best
Comment by Anonymous — July 6, 2009
When I saw other artist works, there’re mostly 3 responds:
1, This is pretty cool, I think I can do it;
2, this is great, but I don’t want to pain that;
3, oh my god, I’ll never be half as good for my entire life!!!
and this artist, is the third type.
Comment by Faye — July 6, 2009
Amazing. Looks like marble. I prefer the first painting. Mostly due to the light. I dislike the second, simply because I prefer looking at more beautiful faces.
Comment by Rissa — July 6, 2009
Simply stunning work!
Comment by lsh — July 6, 2009