Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

"I am continually inspired by the beauty of the Hudson Valley and its artistic heritage, in particular, the Hudson River School, Luminist and Tonalist painters. My paintings also represent my personal or spiritual experience of the landscape. Painting is an act of spiritual rejuvenation for me because those times when I have felt most "holy" have been in nature. These works are my response to those particular moments and are created through my quest for a more intimate union with the land. Through painting nature, I seek to connect with something beyond everyday life. Landscape painting becomes my tool for conveying the essence and mystery of nature."

Jane Bloodgood-Abrams received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1987, and a Bachelor of Studio Arts degree from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY in 1985. She is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America. Her work has been chosen for numerous exhibitions, both regionally and nationally, including the Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibitions and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club 98th Annual Exhibition, both held at the National Arts Club in New York City. Bloodgood-Abrams' paintings have won many awards including "Best of Show" in the Young Artists of the Hudson Valley exhibition.Recently she has been painting in the Catskill Mountains of New York State as an Artist in Residence through the Catskill Center, and has also received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts for this project. The artist's work is included in numerous private and public collections. Jane Bloodgood-Abrams is represented by galleries across the nation and in the Hudson Valley region of New York State.