Jane Hunt

Following her move from England to the United States as a teenager, Jane Hunt earned her B.F.A. in Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art. After working as an illustrator, she soon realized her true passion lay in landscape oil painting. Since shifting her artistic focus, Hunt’s work has earned over 200 awards, and according to ArtDataIntel (which analyzed 13 years of data from over 11,220 awards across 9 of the most prestigious art competitions), she is currently the 12th most awarded artist in the United States.

Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Booth Museum of Western Art and has been featured in exhibitions at prominent institutions such as the Meam Museum in Barcelona, Woolaroc Museum, National Cowboy Museum, Booth Museum, Albuquerque Museum, Museum of Western Art, C.M. Russell Museum, Irvine Museum, Tucson Desert Art Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum, Old West Museum, Brinton Museum, California Women’s Museum, Hilbert Museum, Loveland Museum, Pasadena Museum of Art, Taos Art Museum at Fechin House, Steamboat Art Museum, Phippen Museum, Bowers Museum, and Haggin Museum.

The artist is represented by galleries across the U.S. as well as her native England. Hunt has lived in Colorado for thirty years, where she frequently paints en plein air to gather information for her larger studio works. She loves the American West and continues to be awed and inspired by the beauty surrounding her.

“My paintings are less about portraying a specific place and more about offering a sense of home—a feeling of belonging that goes beyond geography. Having moved across the Atlantic three times in my early years, I carried an enduring longing for somewhere familiar. That yearning profoundly shaped my work. Drawn to the vast, open landscapes of the American West,”

I find inspiration in its quiet expanses, and ever-changing light. With an impressionistic, tonal approach, I strive to create landscapes that feel timeless and universal, inviting viewers to find peace, connection, and a gentle place to rest.