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JANE V. FARLEY - Landscape and Portrait Artist

Biography

Jane V. Farley was born and raised in the San Frandcisco Bay Area. Jane is an accomplished portrait and landscape painter and a lover of photography. Jane is also a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist (MFT) specializing in art therapy.

As a child, Jane was was encouraged to express herself through the language of art. Her father was an architect from Berkeley, her mother an english major and artist and her step father was the Poet Laureate and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
 

In her early 20's, Jane studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and spent 10 years as a Designer and Multimedia Development Director before returning to school to become an Art Therapist.  
 

In 2016, Jane made the decision to become a full time artist and began studying with portrait and landscape workshops, mentorships and academics at the Florence Academy of Art and the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy.
 

In 2018, Jane was inspired by a childhood friend to capture the essence of her old neighborhood in San Francisco. Over a six-week period, Jane created over 30 original alla prima style oil paintings for a series called, 'North Beach in S.F'. The paintings were well received and shown at a local gallery on Grant Street, a few favorite cafes and ended up in a USA Today article and Solo Art Walk video tour.
 

In 2019, Jane formed the Marin Plein Air: Urban and Landscape Drawing and Painting group in Marin County as a free collective to encourage local artists to paint.
 

In March 2020, Jane was selected as one of the participating artists for the 18th Annual Sonoma Plein Air Festival (September  2020-2021). "I am truly grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve as a landscape artist and to join such an amazing community of dedicated plein air painters. Thank you Sonoma Plein Air!"
 

And in January of 2021, Jane opened the FARLEY Gallery & Studio in Sausalito as a result of painting so much during the stay at home period of the pandemic that her home was overflowing with new paintings! 

 

Education:

MS Psychology, CSUC (MFT, Art Therapy)

Academy of Art and Art Institute, San Francisco

Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy 


 

Workshops, Festivals, Conferences and Mentorships:

19th Annual Sonoma Plein Air Festival - Participating artist (2020/2021)

Michelle Dunaway, Alla Prima Portrait and Advanced Portrait (2021)

Timothy Allen, Art Studio of Rome, Velazquez (2021)

John Cosby, Landscape Plein Air Mentorship (2020/2021)

John Singer Sargent Portrait Study with Michael John Angel (2021)

Sky, Clouds and Landscape with Adriano Farinella (2021)

Nocturnal Paris' Plein Air Live with Casey Baugh (2020)

Portrait Painting mentorship with Scott Waddell (2019)

Vermeer Master Painting with Michael John Angel, Yorkshire (2019)

Portrait Painting at Florence Studio with Cesar Santos (2019)

Portrait Painting at BACAA with Kamille Correy (2018)

Portrait and Figure Painting at Florence Academy of Art with Jura Bedic (2017)

PACE - Plein Air Conference in San Francisco (2019) FACE 

Figurative Art Conference in Miami (2018)