Berkeley Castle Works 1984-1987

  • Green Rope, 1986. Oil. 81 x 97 cm. © CARCC.

    Green Rope, 1986. Oil. 81 x 97 cm. ©CARCC.

  • Satin Pillow, 1986. Oil. 81x92 cm. Coll. The Carleton University Art Gallery. &copy1986 CARCC.

    Satin Pillow, 1986. Oil. 81×92 cm. Coll. The Carleton University Art Gallery. ©CARCC.

  • Berkeley Castle #1, 1986. Oil. 71x81 cm. © CARCC.

    Berkeley Castle #1, 1986. Oil. 71×81 cm. ©CARCC.

  • After Martha's Card,1987. Oil. 3 panels, each 51x61 cm. Coll. The Ottawa Art Gallery. ©CARCC.

    After Martha’s Card, 1987. Oil. 3 panels, each 51×61 cm. Coll. The Ottawa Art Gallery. ©CARCC.

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“Jane Martin’s paintings come at you with an incredible emotional force”

Susan Crean, “Berkeley Castle Works 1984–1987”. Canadian Art, Fall 1987.

“[Jane Martin] has entered an intellectual discourse which matches suffering with denial. [Her] latest images are her most troubling. She layers anger over suffering until the metal gyration becomes unbearable.”

Lisa Rochon, “Prettified Portraits of Suffering”. Globe & Mail, 28/5/87, p.D7.