Introducing Jane Trotter, Artist Series Member
About Jane Trotter
Dunedin piano teacher, Jane Trotter came to photography when looking for an alternative creative challenge to complement her busy teaching practice and music compositions. Short on time, and practical by nature, she decided to focus on creating photographs of the everyday items around her home. As a musician, Jane’s instinctive appreciation of form, balance, pattern, shape and structure lent itself perfectly to her experimental images and a love of abstracts quickly grew.
For Jane, photography is not so much about artistically recording what is there, but creating something new and different out of what exists already; to give new life to a subject, to alter and challenge the viewer’s perspective and to invite a sense of mystery, wonder and intrigue. She calls this her “Abstracted Reality”. Her use of colour, bold shapes and patterns, and strong, simple graphic design elements feature prominently and produce original artworks that are unmistakably a “Jane Trotter”.
Her website has a wealth of information on the creative process, the relationship between her music and photography, and for those who simply can’t resist knowing, a series of “Exposed” articles where some of the secrets of her pieces are laid bare.
While some of her works are available as Fine Art Prints (Limited and Open Edition), Jane prefers to work with partners like One Frame where her work can be shown to maximum effect. Visit her Profile Page – Jane Trotter website to see more of her photography, and feel free to contact her to discuss how she can help bring your design vision to life.