Graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts Jane was influenced by several of her peers and tutors including Martin Ball and Frances Hansen. She has exhibited with many Auckland galleries, including Uxbridge, McPherson Gallery and Railway St Gallery and has work in private collections in Europe and New Zealand.

Insects are the dominant feature in most of her paintings as she finds them endlessly fascinating with their unique shapes and colours. Jane is fascinated by social history and collects photos and scraps of wallpaper using these as inspiration for new works.