Jane Rickards
"With the deepest respect for the Ancients, this little bronze pays homage to my first love: the Early Greek civilisation."
* Born 1955 into a farming family at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, on the chalk downland ridge of Berkshire.
* 1975–78 Degree in Fine Arts, Sculpture, Glos College of Art and Design.
* Travelled West USA, then own conservation of stone business in Cirencester, Glos.
* 1985 Received scholarship from Venice. Paid to attend “Il Centro Artigiani” to learn fresco and stucco work.
* 1990–92 Post Graduate Diploma in Sculpture at the City Guilds of London Art School. Awarded 1st Prize for show from Elizabeth Frink.
* Travelled East extensively, observing other cultures. Learnt and practised meditation – to this day.
* Returned home to the chalk downland of Wiltshire and began own work. Became a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors for some yrs. Various commissions in stone, steel and bronze.
* 2017 to present day. Began painting in earnest, the theme remaining the same: Earth Connection.