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Mary Jane Jessen
BFA, AFC
Contemporary environmental paintings |
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Mary Jane Jessen was born in Moncton, NB and moved to Victoria, BC with her family in 1969. She was always drawing and painting as a child and began taking private art lessons in the early 1970s. Over the years, she has studied in several art institutions including Victoria College of Art, North Island College Campbell River and Vancouver Island University. In addition to this, she studied painting with Victor Arcega for three years. In 2002, she graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a Bachelor of Fine Art in the Visual Arts.
In 2008, Mary Jane’s work entered into the international art market, which has taken her message of climate change to Italy and France. She is a signature member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation, and she supports young artists through the Gabriola Elementary School Art Club program, as well as conducting school tours for the Nanaimo Art Gallery.
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Support for Conservation:
2005 & 2009
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Oceans of Art Retreat
http://www.bms.bc.ca/
The proceeds from the paintings donated to the Oceans of Arts Gallery go towards the BMSC Public Education Program's bursary fund. See K7: The Crying Orca.
New Society Publishers (Douglas & Mcintyre, Vancouver)
http://www.newsociety.com/
I have been a freelance book designer for New Society publishers (NSP) since 2004. New Society's mission is to publish books that contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society, and to do so with the least possible impact upon the environment.
Organization Membership:
- 2008 - Artists for Conservation
http://www.natureartists.com/
A non-profit, international organization dedicated to the celebration and preservation of the natural world.
- 2003 - CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)
http://www.carfac.ca/
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada's professional visual artists. As a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, our mandate is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.
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All rights reserved. All images and text © Copyright 2024 Mary Jane Jessen - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation (Formerly
the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
This site represents the original artwork (nature art and wildlife art) of nature
artist and wildlife artist of Mary Jane Jessen and is protected by international copyright laws. Use
of nature art, wildlife art or any other images or text from this site, requires
permission in writing from Mary Jane Jessen (Mary Jane Jessen).
This site is part of the Artists for Conservation (AFC) Web site. (Wildlife
Art - Nature Art - Conservation) Artists for Conservation is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to
nature art, wildlife art and conservation. On this site you will find world-class
nature art and wildlife art by today's leading nature artists & wildlife artists.
The AFC site is the Web's premier location for nature art, wildlife
artists
All content appearing in pages featuring Mary Jane Jessen is the sole responsibility of Mary Jane Jessen. The opinions expressed on these artists' pages are those of Mary Jane Jessen and do not necessarily reflect those of the Artists for Conservation
Foundationi (AFC).
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