Reminders for me of what’s 18 miles away in my studio. #Artworks

After a happy 10 days volunteering for the #urbanforest exhibition in New Cross, London, I am now home in a #heatwave.

Really enjoyed showing in London again. Urban Forest, an open show curated by Sara Hayes for the Urban Tree Festival. @thepublicartco.bsky.social @urbantreefest.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

"Lifts and Ladders", oil on canvas and 8 ft tall paper maché ladder, 48" x 48" square. Installation view of "Lifts and Ladders", new paintings and drawings by Jane Ostler, shown at the Level Best Art Gallery, 26 St John's Street, Colchester, May 2025.

"On Dunwich Beach", oil on canvas with child's drawing, 48" x 48" square. Installation view of "Lifts and Ladders", new paintings and drawings by Jane Ostler, shown at the Level Best Art Gallery, 26 St John's Street, Colchester, May 2025.

"Little Bandaged House" and "Oblivion", oil on canvas, 2 x 48" x 48" square. Installation view of "Lifts and Ladders", new paintings and drawings by Jane Ostler, shown at the Level Best Art Gallery, 26 St John's Street, Colchester, May 2025.

There is still time to visit and/or bid on the artwork at the #silentauction “Everything Is Art”@theminories, Colchester, UK.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to eliminate what he considers “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution cast the world’s largest museum, education and research complex into a state of confusion Friday.

www.theminories.org/event/everyt... Thursday 27 March – Friday 25 April 2025 10am - 4pm 74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE The Minories Art Gallery, has long been a place where art comes to life. Each sale will keep the gallery alive for future generations.

Jay Graber CEO of Bluesky promotes her vision that apps like Bluesky will no longer be in the control of corporates or those like Elon Musk, but where users have control of their own data, identity and moderation and can move easily with their content to other apps. mashable.com/article/blue...

Looking for seals. Lifejackets and apples. Children will listen. Future generations are counting on us. Sending love, and gratitude for this precious world we have in our hearts and hands. xxx 😘 #pencildrawing #lifts and #ladders. Coming in #May @levelbestartgallery Colchester UK. Pencil.

Now in its last two weeks, my show “Finding the hand of #kindness”, contains work spanning time from 1978-2024. It has been an honour and a privilege to have been featured by @firstsite, and to have made my home in the county of #Essex. www.janeostler.co.uk www.janeostler.co.uk/FINDING%20TH...

Life with small children was so busy I didn’t have time to reflect on it. This one is of a time about 28 years ago at #Dunwich UK, on the beach, trying to push baby #buggies on the #pebbles and giving up! #borrowed coats and plastic spades. on the #sea shore. #Pencil #drawing for a #painting.

“La Pêcheuse”, oil on canvas, showing until 2 March @firstsite art gallery, @colchesteressex.bsky.social One of many artworks in the exhibition, “Finding the hand of kindness”, by Jane Ostler. Showing concurrently with “Avatars & Alliances” featuring Leonora Carrington, and Jessie Mallinson.

www.facebook.com/reel/1490250... More holiday fun next Saturday 4th January @firstsite

Work in progress. #oilincanvas 39.12.24

www.facebook.com/reel/1490250... Happy to be a part of this project.

Installation photos of Finding the hand of kindness art show @firstsite, Colchester, UK. Ends March 9, 2025.