Jae Dougall was born in the Philippines in 1956. She now resides in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Canadian painter Jae Dougall has evolved a unique and immediately recognizable style with high-keyed post-impressionist oils on canvas employing fluid lines, strong colours and patterning.

Much of the subject matter has strong angles and curves, with an emphasis on the edges of furniture and rugs, window frames, floor tiles, baseboards and entry ways. The compositions as a whole feel circular and in motion. Aided by the curve of a vase here, the bend of a chair frame there, a light-hearted use of perspective and plenty of foreshortening, the still life layouts seem to spin and dance with colour and light. The nudes and the figure studies are similarly fragmented and rhythmical, with angled perspectives and reflected colour. Unifying the subject matter is a strong contour line in complementary colours that both separates and unifies the parts of the compositions.

Dougall is a master at picking up a motif in one area of the work and repeating it with variations in other areas. Many of her colourful nudes are adorned with jewellery and flowers. In the tradition of Cezanne’s use of multiple perspectives and Gauguin’s strong line, she incorporates pottery and china with other beautiful objects on her ever-tilting surfaces.

Jae Dougall was born in the Philippines and currently lives on Salt Spring Island. Jae began painting at the age of 12 under the mentorship of her father, the Impressionist painter José Trinidad. Since 1991, she has exhibited in Canada, the USA, and Asia. Her works are part of corporate and private collections worldwide: Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Washington DC, Washington State, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, South Carolina, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Guernsey Island, England, Taiwan, and Leon and Toulouse, France

Canadian painter Jae Dougall continues to be inspired by Dutch modernist painters like Kees Van Dongen, Van Gogh and Jan Sluijters. She has a distinct and immediately recognizable style as she explores vivid colours and lyrical lines with bold strokes. Jae is a colourist with a focus and love for still lifes, figuratives and nudes. Jae starts her works with dark grounds, then surfaces to light and structure with use of intense colours.

“I love the use and play of multiple perspectives making the picture much more engaging and innovative.”

An extensive list of private collections include: Leon and Toulouse, France, Jordan, Tokyo, Taiwan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Guernsey Island, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington state and D.C., South Carolina, Arizona, Boca Raton, New Mexico, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal

Media Coverage:
Parcours magazine, Spring edition 2006, pg.80-81;
Magazin’ Art, Spring edition 2001, article pg.76-78 (French version) and pg.106-108 English version.
Boulevard magazine, edition 2004, pg.56-57;
Vancouver magazine, October edition 1998, pg. 100.