Jane Zimmermann is an artist and illustrator based in Tromsø, Norway.
She loves exploring nature and it`s wonderful small and large worlds
within it through her ecological science and fiction art.
Her art explores ecological themes such as loss of biodiversity,
with a focus on the often-overlooked small worlds that play vital roles
in our ecological cycles. In her detailed work on botanical, entomological, ornithological and ecological art, she loves both the affective and scientific exploration of nature. Each painting process becomes an immersive experience
of learning and interaction, sometimes weaving in a fictional touch that
enriches the narrative.
She usually works with watercolour and graphite, but also likes to explore ink techniques, eco-plant-printing and other creative processes. A key part of her process is to create pigments from all sorts of plants and stones to enhance the viewer’s connection with nature and the narrative behind each artwork.
She is regularly featured in international exhibitions and sells her original paintings in international galleries and also has ongoing collaborations at the intersections of science and art with researchers across the natural and health sciences, as well as the humanities.
My art focuses on the affective and scientific exploration of nature,
and the wonderful small and large worlds within it.
I like to paint in great detail while embracing free-flowing structures and sometimes adding a
fictional touch to my artwork. Among my materials are watercolours, ink techniques, eco-plant printing
and many others; a key part of my practice involves creating my pigments from all kinds
of plants and stones to enhance the viewer’s connection to nature and enrich the narrative behind each artwork.
The materials I use are either hand-collected by me or my friends and colleagues in the natural sciences,
and sometimes even brought to the surface during deep-sea expeditions and volcanic research.
“Brown Algae / from self-made seaweed colours & pigments”
This artwork shows a typical brown-algae (`grisetang` in Norwegian) found on the Norwegian coast.
The special story about this painting is that it is painted with self-made pigments and watercolours from this plant.
I picked the plant here in Norway and turned it into pigments and watercolour.
