JANE BIVEN
Jane Biven
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JaneBiven Live Demo
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"I use the power of color and texture to transform your little spot in the world into a place in which you want to spend most of your time. I achieve “synergy” between creating beauty and balance."
Resin artist, Jane Biven, incorporates epoxy resin, with various materials, to create colorful abstract paintings, 3D geode sculptures and custom-made resin/wood furniture. Bivens' resin artwork is displayed in public and private collections
worldwide.
Tell us about yourself and your background.
I discovered my passion a little later in life and began my artistic career in 2012, at age 48. While renovating an older home, I stumbled upon the idea of refinishing the old countertops with epoxy resin and the rest, as they say, is history! While working for 30 years in the hospitality industry (and always for someone else) I could finally breathe. Once you start relying on your own abilities, great things are going to happen! I never studied art or even took classes, except for one quarter in the ninth grade, but my father loved art. He had a true appreciation for the masters, and we would spend hours looking through his art books.He taught me a lot about that type of artwork, but then I discovered what would instil a lifelong love affair…abstract art. My dad did not care for abstract art but would take me to see exhibits at The High Museum.
Tell us about your work and why it is unique.
Just as a composer uses various notes to create beautiful music, I use the power of color and texture to transform your little spot in the world into a place in which you want to spend most of your time. I achieve “synergy” between creating beauty and balance. I describe my creative experience as a "symphony of color”. Each body of work is a chapter, each painting a page, in the book about my personal journey of self-discovery.
Ocean Table
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Easy Blue
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Describe your process.
My original process combines various pigments, additives, modifiers & heat with epoxy resin. Careful layering, manipulation, & timely execution produces amazing results. I have expanded my work to include 3-D sculpture, functional houseware and handmade furniture incorporating exotic wood, concrete and semi-precious gemstones. Both liberating and exhilarating, my expressive outlet is a freedom like no other, achieved by relinquishing control to fluidity or the natural path of liquid, as it flows thick or thin, into amazing results. I have expanded my work to include
3-D sculpture, functional houseware and handmade furniture incorporating exotic wood, concrete and semi-precious gemstones. Both liberating and exhilarating, my expressive outlet is a freedom like no other, achieved by relinquishing control to fluidity or the natural path of liquid, as it flows thick or thin, into and out of other streams. Colors combining naturally and resisting the temptation to intervene, until the perfect moment to add a mist of chemical, causing an eruption of color, or introduce a tool, dragging a line of color through another. With a burst of spontaneity and a keen eye for color, I hold nothing back when it comes to creating a new artwork.
How / what do you feel when you are creating?
I am truly happy when creating my artwork. Painting allows me to ‘turn off’ the outside world and focus only on the creation of something beautiful. It is my Zen. Fluid art is very different from painting with a canvas & brush. It has it’s set of challenges, however, for a true fluid artist, “Fluid" motion is beautiful perfection, a natural flow that can be controlled only to a point — which is a good life lesson. It’s about learning how and when to let go. Using only gravity, patience and self-restraint, this karmic exercise is quite therapeutic as well. I am certain it is the only thing keeping me out of a straitjacket!
“Fluid" motion is beautiful perfection, a natural flow that can be controlled only to a point — which is a good life lesson."
Ocean Table
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Takeover-Times-Square
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What are your sources of inspiration?
I am influenced by my visual surroundings, like everyone else. But my true inspiration is music. I always paint to music. Music is a wonderful medium to clear your cluttered mind, release emotions and induce your creativity to perform. I choose music according to my mood and include all genres. Everything from Pink Floyd to Beethoven, Marilyn Manson to The BeeGees! In fact, all of my paintings are titled after the songs that inspire me.
“Music is my sole (soul) inspiration.
I always paint to music.
I translate the audible to visual,
it's like I paint what I hear...
Lyric and melody become color and form…
As I construct a painting like composing a song.
My paintings are visual songs,
’symphonies of color’
The more inspiring the music,
the more passionate the painting!"
Cosmic Debris 3
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Cosmic Debris 5
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Tell us about some of your achievements.
When I started my career, as an artist, I understood the importance of running it as a business. I hit the ground running, focusing on self-promotion. There wasn’t much information available, like there is today, so I just asked for what I wanted! It is truly amazing that I didn’t get more rejections or doors slammed in my face. If I attempted these same tactics today, they would not yield the same results! I've been blessed with more than 1700 online sales. I have participated in 30+ group shows and 5 solo exhibitions, including Art Basel 2015, 2016. SCOPE Miami 2016, and a digital display at The Louvre in Paris. I am under contract with Hilton Hotels. I license my artwork to several companies and department stores to reproduce in various forms of print. My artwork is displayed in hotels, lobbies and corporate offices throughout the US, as well as, public and private collections worldwide. BUT, the most thrilling moment for me was a 2014 group show in New York City, NY. ” SEE ME Take Over Times Square”. To see my artwork displayed on the world’s tallest billboards and my name in lights was a defining moment in my life. I had no idea, when I took a last-minute flight to New York, that what I would see that evening would change my life! It took a few days for the magnitude of the whole experience sink in. I collected photos, of my artwork displayed, from other participants and put together a 3-minute video of the Times Square show. During that process is when it hit me. The video is still available on my website and YouTube channel.
Ocean Surf on live edge wood
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Drops of Jupiter 2
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What are you passionate about?
Many things besides music and art! My family and friends, the plant and environmental crisis. But I am most passionate about animals. Both domestic and wildlife worldwide. From a very early age, I knew that was my cause. The one I was born to stand up and fight for. In 1985, I began donating my time and financial support to the ASPCA, WWF and other groups dedicated to the protection and preservation of every species, their natural habitats. And to stop abuse, neglect and inhumane treatment of animals. In 2014, I donate 10% of my art sales to the ASPCA & local animal shelters and then increased my annual donation to include 10% of my total income, as well as, 20 hours a month to our local chapter of The Humane Society. I participate in an annual fund raiser, auction off some paintings and pressure my friends for monetary donations, which has raised over $250,000 in the last 3 years. This year I will make my largest contribution to the WWF, to aid in the efforts to save two species of tigers from extinction.
Tell us about your upcoming projects.
I am so excited about my ocean awareness project. I am currently working on the second of a 12-piece series of epoxy resin and concrete tables. Each one is a life-like depiction of an underwater ocean floor. This one features a sunken ship theme, the first a coral reef. I hope to raise awareness about the condition of our oceans and the ongoing cleanup efforts of amazing groups like 4Ocean. In fact, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to support 4Ocean, as well as, the preservation of aquatic life and habitat.
Nibiru - insitu
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Aqualung - insitu
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"I want to create art that gives people a momentary pause from stress, pressure and the rush to keep
up with reality, lift the spirit, encourage a smile and feeling the flow of positive energy, with which it was created."
Summer Breeze
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Drops of Jupiter 3
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Tell us about where you are based and how it influences your work.
My studio & gallery space are located in Roswell, GA. It’s a historical town north of Atlanta. It’s an art district,
full of galleries, handmade shops and hundreds of talented artists living and working here. I have learned so much from many of them. It’s quite inspiring to be surrounded by a creative and supportive community.
How do you feel about art and its role in the world today?
I believe it is more important than ever to teach the younger generations about art and creativity. I am afraid the interest and appreciation for fine art and its history is fading fast. We can’t let that happen!
Resin Geode Table
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Tangerine Dream - insitu
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How do you want your art to affect the viewer?
I want to create art that gives people a momentary pause from stress, pressure and the rush to keep up with reality, lift the spirit, encourage a smile and feeling the flow of positive energy, with which it was created. If my work does that, I've succeeded. I believe artwork transforms the space in which it’s displayed. Therefore, it should not be random, but chosen. It should reflect the personality of its owner and their living space. The right piece of art is essential. Size and scale are very important, but its energy (color and form) should be the elements first considered.
Abstract artworks deliver an impact stronger than traditional figurative or subjective paintings. The personal connection of the individual perception/ interpretation of an abstraction and its’ ability to command the mood of its audience are powerful. It makes an impression on anyone entering the room, creates a feeling, stimulates, or calms the energy within the room, both of which are initiated with color theory.
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Times Square Video: https://youtu.be/ckHU0eC_S3E
