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INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE AWARD WINNERAnatomy of Light
The colored pencil works of Jesse Lane are true to life and
communicate emotions.JESSE LANE
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s a teenager growing up in Houston,
Jesse Lane began taking art classes
in high school, and then earned a degree in
Visualization from Texas A&M University.
He spent a semester abroad in Italy, where
he began studying past masters works and,
in particular, made a connection with the
work of Caravaggio. The Old Master’s use
of light was even an inspiration in Lane’s
series Anatomy of Light.
“My figures emerge into light and
disappear into darkness...both literally and
figuratively,” says Lane about the series.
“Black backgrounds isolate the figures
and put them in their own world, the world
of their thoughts. Nothing is there except
what they’re feeling.”
That communication of emotion is one
of the most important aspects to Lane’s
art. “The realism is the technique, but
the emotion is the art, and the two work1
Reveal, colored
pencil, 19 x 28"2
Jesse Lane in his
Texas studio.3
Riptide, colored
pencil, 30 x 20"21