Her talent was born from a strong artistic family environment. As a child she was inspired by her grandfathers paintings and her mother's drawings. She has fond memories of sketching horses with her mother from a very young age.  Today Janes inspiration and encouragement comes from our abundance of beautiful landscapes, gardens, and everyday life inspirations.

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Jane is a member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and exhibits with exclusive New Zealand Galleries. She is fortunate that her artwork has attracted a very positive response.........sort after to appear on renowned international programme  "Colour In Your Life" by Graeme Stevenson and achieving sales both nationally and internationally. Her generosity is displayed in her gift to various charities  and is the recipient of several awards. 

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Judges award comment - 'Roses in the Storm' is a painting of roses floating in a vaporous mist, de France's subject is caught between conflicting impressions of serenity and chaos. Yet, here is also an artist who in her finest moments is capable of manipulating paint on canvas to its best advantage.

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Her awareness of tradition and her technical ability has given Jane the foundation from which to develop her own style. 

More recently she has demonstrated a move towards the abstract, rejecting realism and finding more freedom to express her gorgeous compositions. Her work is described as passionate, beautiful, ethereal, opulent and dramatic