Meet Jane Desonier

Jane Desonier is an oil painter living in Asheville, North Carolina, who paints light-filled landscapes inspired by the hiking areas and mountain farms near her home. Before moving to the mountains, she lived in Louisiana and earned a BA in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of New Orleans. She then attended the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, an institution devoted to traditional art methods, for classical training. She has also taken classes and workshops with nationally known painters.

Jane’s work has been included in national and regional juried shows with numerous awards including two Grumbacher Gold Medallions. In 2008, she was awarded an Honorable Mention at the juried exhibit at the Bascom-Louise Gallery in Highlands, NC. 

For three years running she received Best -of-Show in the WICKWIRE fine art/folk art, Hendersonville, NC "City of Four Seasons in Two Dimensions" juried exhibit and in 2005, received a First Place.  In 2004 and 2007, Jane was juried into the Scottsdale Artists’ School "Best and Brightest" exhibit and sale in Scottsdale, AZ. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and participated in their 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition in Chicago, IL in 2002.  The World Trade Center in New Orleans has purchased two of her paintings for the corporate collection.

Jane’s paintings have been described as looking as if the light is coming from inside the canvas. They also have a strong sense of place, which people seem to identify with as somewhere they themselves remember.

"I love to paint. I’m a compulsive painter and happiest with my brushes and oils. Putting beautiful colors together on a canvas is a constant source of pleasure, but it’s also a skill that I take very seriously and always work to improve. I also believe passionately that it is not only my privilege, but my personal challenge to record as many of our old barns and rural areas as possible before our mountains are changed irreversibly."

Jane Desonier is proudly represented by WICKWIRE fine art/folk art in Hendersonville, North Carolina.