Jane Cardinal

Jane graduated from Michigan State University (BFA) when the Kresge Center had attracted several outstanding artist /instructors including Abraham Rattner, Charles Pollock (brother of Jackson), and John De Martelli student of Thomas Hart Benton.

Accomplished throughout her life in various award areas, Jane led an impactful career in illustration before venturing on to teach Iconography for 15 years and publish books of pattern and instruction.

“As all my working life was occupied with maintaining employment with diverse requirements, I was constantly surrounded by excellent and very capable artists. These assignments were creativity under fire focused on marketability speed response. Retiring gave me the time to develop my own thoughts in color and line.

Art is now for me very personal, and I believe it can offer a profound dialog with color and line. It can whisper, it can roar. It invites a path to walk … in thought.”