A native of Oklahoma, where her ancestors settled before statehood,
Jane Rankin has had the good fortune to travel across the
country and across the Atlantic, providing her the opportunity
to view the classical sculpture of ancient Greece. Although
she had dabbled in art most of her life and appreciated the
three-dimensional form, her personal encounters with these
ancient depictions stirred an increased interest in this art
form, and solidified her resolve to make the creation of sculpture
her raison d'être.
She and her family now make Colorado their home, giving her
an excellent location to study with excellent sculptors at
the Fechin Institute in Taos, New Mexico, the Scottsdale Artist
School in Arizona, and the Loveland Academy of Fine Art in
Loveland, Colorado.
She creates sculpture with which people can identify, that
also can be a catalyst for reflection and the awakening of
fond memories. "I believe that we need beauty in our lives
for emotional and social well-being," Rankin states. "My goal
is to create work with sensitivity and skill, which has beauty
of workmanship, clarity of expression, and integrity of design."
There are many who emphatically believe she has done just
that, as her awards, public sculpture and commissions will
attest.
Her
works have been exhibited at Montana's C. M. Russell Museum,
the Colorado History Museum, and for ten years, at
the Loveland Sculpture Invitational. She's received
sculpture awards in New York, Arizona and Colorado, and "Join
the Parade," her sculpture of six children creating their
own wonderful parade, has been selected for public installation
in California, Nebraska, Colorado and North Carolina.
