Jane Bradley has painted the people and places of the West for years. As a child growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah she displayed an affinity for animals and art. Her love of horses was matched only by the pleasure she took in drawing them. In high school she began painting with oils, her favored medium to this day.

Jane nurtured her talents while studying in Europe under, among others, the accomplished German painter Franc Büehler. After time away to raise her family (she has two grown sons), she returned to school in the '80s to earn her Bachelors of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. Studying for her degree, she began experimenting with computers in her art. Three years later, she became one of the first women in America to earn a Masters in the growing field of Computer Animation.

After enjoying a long career in computer graphics and video game production, serving as art director for two major companies, Jane decided to return full-time to her first love of painting. Since moving to Arizona, Jane has found a wealth of inspiration in her surroundings. Her work combines both realistic and romantic visions of the West: the rodeo cowboy, the native tribes of the Southwest, and, of course, the horses. Inspired by Frederick Remington's energy and immediacy, but also by Edward Hopper's empathy for the individual she distinguishes her paintings from the more documentary work of genre painters. "Western art can also be fine art," she explains. "It can communicate something personal to us even if we will never, ourselves, ride across the desert on horseback or dance the dance of our ancestors. Art can forge a bond of empathy between strangers. I want my work to do precisely that."

Jane frequently participates in juried shows, including the Phippen Museum Western Art Show, the Southwestern Art Show in Indio, the Empire Ranch Western Art Show, and many others. In 2006, her painting “Red Shoes” won Best of Show and First Place in Oil  at the Phippen Western Art Show, and was featured in Southwest Art..