Jane Rankin

A native of Oklahoma, where her ancestors settled before statehood, Jane Rankin has had the good fortune to travel across the country and across the Atlantic, providing her the opportunity to view the classical sculpture of ancient Greece. Although she had dabbled in art most of her life and appreciated the three-dimensional form, her personal encounters with these ancient depictions stirred an increased interest in this art form, and solidified her resolve to make the creation of sculpture her raison d'être.

She and her family now make Colorado their home, giving her an excellent location to study with excellent sculptors at the Fechin Institute in Taos, New Mexico, the Scottsdale Artist School in Arizona, and the Loveland Academy of Fine Art in Loveland, Colorado.

She creates sculpture with which people can identify, that also can be a catalyst for reflection and the awakening of fond memories. "I believe that we need beauty in our lives for emotional and social well-being," Rankin states. "My goal is to create work with sensitivity and skill, which has beauty of workmanship, clarity of expression, and integrity of design." There are many who emphatically believe she has done just that, as her awards, public sculpture and commissions will attest.

Her works have been exhibited at Montana's C. M. Russell Museum, the Colorado History Museum, and for ten years, at the Loveland Sculpture Invitational. She's received sculpture awards in New York, Arizona and Colorado, and "Join the Parade," her sculpture of six children creating their own wonderful parade, has been selected for public installation in California, Nebraska, Colorado and North Carolina.