Artist Comments
A laptop displays a scene from Bram Stoker's Dracula, the 1993 vampire film starring Gary Oldman. The screen shows a close-up of a figure in a wicked laugh, expressive brushstrokes shaping his face. Deep shadows and faint red light surround the room, heightening the dramatic, theatrical mood of the scene.
About the Artist
Artist Jane Thorn creates diaristic oil paintings that capture the modern world through a painterly realism influenced by John Singer Sargent. She records her environment in her paintings and uses the process to stay grounded between representation and reality. "I think if I stopped painting, I might just wander through a wardrobe into another world and never be heard from again," says Jane. Her mother, who has a master's in child development psychology, recalls that at age four she drew her with a philtrum, an unusually precise detail for a child. She carries that early attention to detail with her, and it continues to guide her practice today. Jane paints at home in Chicago, working early in the morning or late at night. When not making art, she spends her time writing or reading science fiction, working part-time in a thrift store, thinking about magic, or sitting in the sun in the morning.
Words that describe this painting: vampire, dark, darkness, goth, movie, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Gary Oldman, portrait, face, impressionism, still life, oil painting, red
The Devil
Jane Thorn
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2024
11 in. h x 14 in. w x .5 in. d
0 lbs. 12 oz.