About the artist...
Jane Yamada is a Colorado artist. She graduated from The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1974. Since then her clientele has included many companies and corporations throughout the country. She has been commissioned to do art pieces for Disney, Warner Bros., Sesame Street, Mattel Toys, Tomy Toys, Tonka toys, McMillan, Harcourt Brace and Simon & Schuster.
Jane's paper sculptures appear to be made of metal, and only on closer examination are found to be actually composed of paper. They each are based on a theme derived from nature. “The Wave” expresses an aquatic theme, showing the blues and greens and purples of water, as well as water's flow and movement. “Arctic Ice” expresses frozen water as in a glacier, with the colors that one would see as sunlight filters through the ice and creates cool emerald green and turquoise. Her pieces range from 2'x3' to 3'x5' and most can be hung either horizontally or vertically.
Her paper collages are made from handmade papers, leaves collected from the Rocky Mountains which she dries and presses, and various other natural materials.