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Charles Lane, born in NYC in 1964, raised in Athens, Greece, the black sheep of a family of artists was sent back to NY to study engineering. During his college years, he developed a new passion for the visual arts. Later he studied animation and filmmaking at SVA and NYU. Since 2014 he has been experimenting with digital painting, photography and more recently manipulated digital photography. In parallel he has been collaborating with Nancy Cohen on her feature films. He has found a home in the art community of Jersey City.
artist statement
I have always been interested in our ambiguous relationship to nature. Although I had a strong bond with nature as a child, I soon found myself attracted to all a city had to offer. The connection faded away, its deep memory only revived by the occasional excursion.
Since 2014, I have been working on my iPad and iPhone. I find that their accessibility and ease of use allow me to be spontaneous.
While I seek formal beauty in my work, I am mostly motivated by a desire to subvert our perception of reality, exposing a dreamlike quality in the ordinary.
