Japanese Koi Fish Swimming in a Pond sophistication Jane's painting Heartland Horror is

Jane's painting Heartland Horror is inspired by the pulp detective magazines that were popular from 1930s to the 1950s - she has appropriated a 1950s cover of a scared woman in a convertible sports car and placed her in a wheat field in the USA heartland

cloaked in shadows

Sides finished in black to gallery standard and two coats of satin varnish applied

and gestural scribbles add an element of spontaneity

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Japanese Koi Fish Swimming in a Pond sophistication Jane's painting Heartland Horror isFish are considered good luck in some cultures and I often paint underwater scenes with turtles and other marine life. In this artwork, I was playing around with the turquoise background and it appealed to me as an ideal background for these fish swimming in the water. Koi have always appealed to me because of their bright colours and particularly the complementary colours, as evidenced in this painting.