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Jane Lewis BA Hons RWS

JANE LEWIS

Jane has an Honours degree in Fine Art from UCW Aberystwyth and after a career in publishing returned to full time painting. She works from her studio in Suffolk as an abstract landscape painter mostly in oil and watercolour. She has exhibited throughout the UK including RA, RWA (Bristol), Mall Galleries and Bankside and is an elected member of the Royal Watercolour Society for whom she is currently Education Officer.


1970-73    University College of Wales, Aberystwyth - Joint Honours Degree in Fine Art


1975-78    Taught Fine Art at Sheredes Secondary School in Hertfordshire
 

1978-87    Followed a career in publishing in London, UK.
 

1987        Moved to Suffolk, UK. Painting full time since 1997
 

2018        Elected full member Royal Watercolour Society (Associate member since 2016)
 

1997        RA Summer Exhibition
1998        Braintree Open (prizewinner), Essex
                D’Arcy Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London

1999        Braintree Open, (prizewinner), Essex
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London

2000        Wall Gallery, Ely, Cambs
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
2001        Wall Gallery, Ely, Cambs
                Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hants
                Fry Gallery, Saffron Walden, Essex
2002        Rowley Gallery, London
                Gaston Gallery, East Bergholt, Suffolk
                Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk
2004        Dove Barn, Suffolk
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
2005        John Stevens Fine Art, Hadleigh, Suffolk
                Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
2006        Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
                The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk
                Gaston Gallery, East Bergholt, Suffolk
2007        Folkes Miller Fine Arts. Long Melford, Suffolk
                Dove Barn, Suffolk
                Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
2008        Folkes Miller Fine Art, Long Melford, Suffolk
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London    
2009        Norwich Castle Open, Norwich, Norfolk
                Salthouse, ‘Salt of the Earth’, Norfolk
                RA Summer Exhibition
2010        ‘Elements’, The Forum, Norwich, Norfolk
                ‘Drawing from Life’, Parndon Mill Gallery, Harlow, Essex
                RA Summer Exhibition
                Cobbold & Judd, Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk
                10th Anniversary Exhibition, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
                Lesley Davy Gallery, London
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
                RWA Autumn Open, Bristol
2011        Lesley Davy Gallery, London
                ‘Fascinating Colours, Flying Forms’, Assembly House, Norwich
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
                RWA Autumn Open, Bristol
2012        Lesley Davy Gallery, London
                ‘Fascinating Colours, Flying Forms’, Assembly House, Norwich
                NEAC, Mall Galleries, London
                RWA Autumn Open, Bristol
2013        RBA, Mall Galleries, London
               
‘Art Alive’, Assembly House, Norwich
                One4art, Cheltenham, Glos
                Jane Lewis - paintings, Tanner & Lawson, London
                The Starting Line, Parndon Mill Gallery, Harlow, Essex
                Townhouse, London
                RWA Autumn Open, Bristol
2014        RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside, London
                ‘Complementary Painters’ North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
                15th Anniversary Exhibition, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
                Tanner & Lawson, Burnham Market, Norfolk
                ‘Oil & Water’ Boathouse Gallery, Flatford, Suffolk
                East Contemporary Art : Places and  Landscapes, Waterfront Gallery UCS
2015        Tanner & Lawson, Burnham Market, Norfolk
                RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside, London
                The Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, Essex
                Cambridge Art Fair 2015
2016        RWS  CWC, Bankside, London
                RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside, London
                ‘Ways of Seeing’, Boathouse Gallery, Flatford, Suffolk
                ‘Drawing from Life’ Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
                PING, Minories Galleries, Colchester, Essex
                Cley 16, Cley Church, Norfolk
                RA Summer Exhibition
                Watercolour Now, Sentinel Gallery, Wivenhoe, Essex
                RWS London - Sense of Place, Bankside, London
                RWS & RE London, Mini Picture Show (Christmas Show)
                Tanner & Lawson, Burnham Market, Norfolk
                Tanner & Lawson, London
2017        Crossing Boundaries, Parndon Mill Gallery, Harlow, Essex
                RWS, Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
                Are you Interested in Bodies, Sentinel Gallery, Essex
                RA Summer Exhibition
                RWS & RE Off the Wall, Bankside Gallery, London
                RWS, Colour & Vision, Bankside Gallery, London
                Tanner & Lawson, London & Norfolk
2018        RWS, Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
                The River Runs Through Us, Boathouse Gallery, Flatford, Essex,
                Estuary, NorthHouse Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
                RWS, Off the Wall, Bankside Gallery, London
                Black Barn, Summer Exhibition, Norfolk
                RWS, Autumn Exhibiton, Bankside Gallery, London
2019        Riverlands, Boat House Gallery, Flatford, Essex
                Restlessness, Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk
                RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside, London
                The Path, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
                Summer Sensations, Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, Essex
                Surface, Gallery East, Woodbridge, Essex
                RWS & RE Off the Wall, Bankside Gallery,London

2020        RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery London

                Restlessness, Galleryeast, Woodbridge, Suffolk

                Natural Beauty, North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex

                Hayletts Gallery, Malden, Essex

                RWS Off the Wall, Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

2021        Mini Picture Show, Bankside Gallery, London

                Out of the Blue, Gallleryeast, Woodbridge, Suffolk

                30x30 North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex

                Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

                Now and Then, Bankside Gallery, London

2022        Making the Landscape, Oasis, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex

                Abstract into Landscape, Galleryeast, Woodbridge, Suffolk

                RWS, Reflections, Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

                RWS, London Lives, Bankside Gallery, London

                RWS, Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

                RWS, Mini Picture Show (Winter), Bankside Gallery, London

2023        The Way I see It..., Parndon Mill Gallery, Harlow

                RWS Spring Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London

                JANE LEWIS, painter, solo exhibition, Black Barn, Norfolk

                RWS Inaugural Exhibtion, Whitcomb St, London

                Cobbold & Judd, Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh, Suffolk

                IOF, St Albans Cathedral, Herts

2024        RWS Mini Picture Exhibition, Bankside, London

                CAS Winter Exhibition, Minories Gallery, Colchester

                Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent

                220 years of RWS, Bankside Gallery, London

links:         https://www.banksidegallery.com  
                 https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk

                https://www.galleryeast.co.uk

                https://northhousegallery.co.uk

                https://cobboldandjudd.com

collections: East Contemporary Art Collection, UCS Suffolk

                Madison Museum of Fine Art, Georgia, USA

                Central Loop Hotel, Chicago, USA

                Corinthia Hotel, London

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