Jane Kenyon
Textiles are the unsung heroines of cultural exploration. A fiber artist today probes the history and significance of historical textiles, but also explores the relationships and possibilities in a contemporary world. Building on the foundation of traditional fibre and art practices, a new art medium is created with new possibilities of design, expression, and ideology. Today's fiber artist utilizes a large variety of techniques; painting, dyeing, printing, collage, gilding, sculpture, hand embroidery, machine stitching and more.
Currently, Kenyon is exploring the creation of cloth with stitch only, Thread Painting. This requires a foundation (stabilizer) on which to stitch that can be dissolved at the end of the project. Working in this way, the artist is essentially drawing & painting with thread, instead of using other traditional painting mediums. Thread Painting creates exceptional detail and texture that are not possible with any other technique, and Kenyon is exploring both the natural and the urban world in her present imagery.
Along with many years of study of weaving, painting, and printmaking, Jane earned an Art and Design for Embroidery Certificate from London, England. Her artwork can be found in corporate collections in Vancouver and private collections in Canada and the U.S., as well as the Korean Craft Museum, Canadian Embassy in Seoul, Canada Council Art Bank, Saskatchewan Art Bank collections and the World Textile Association in Miami, FL.
Urban Markings 1
41 in x 41 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6845
Twilight
30 in x 70 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$9045
Twilight won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Pfaff International Art Embroidery Competition in the UK. The exhibition, Landscape/Let us Travel, opened in London and traveled for 18 months to galleries in France (including one in Paris), Belgium and The Netherlands.
Transformed in Silence
39 in x 52 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$8640
Niche Award Winner 2009
Jade Fracture
43 in x 50 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$8325
Fracture 2
41 in x 41 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6845
Still Life with Flowers
41 in x 34 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$5850
Lichen 8
39 in x 39 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6125
Post No Bills
45 in x 33 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$5600
Crevice
44 in x 44 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$8000
Confluence
26 in x 79 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$8850
Confluence 2
30 in x 71 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$9045
Fracture
40 in x 56 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$9360
Lichen 7
39 in x 39 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6480
Immersion
61 in x 39 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$9975
Landscape Study - Water
40 in x 40 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6125
Recently returned from 2 year European tour, exhibition titled, "the art of the Stitch".
Fracture in Outer Space
31 in x 70 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$8450
Urban Markings 4
28 in x 75 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$7935
Lichen 5
39 in x 39 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$5780
Urban Markings 6
41 in x 41 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6480
Viewpoint
30 in x 62 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$10620
Lichen 9
41 in x 41 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$6845
Fault Line
37 in x 68 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$11050
Integumentum
31 in x 57 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$7155
Metamorphosis
36 in x 60 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$9120
Urban Markings 5
33 in x 80 in
Thread Painting: rayon & cotton sewing thread
$10500