104 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM ripple through the world.” As Jane’s artwork received rightful recognition and she saw a surge of new projects, she brought Thayer aboard to oversee operations full-time at Ink Dwell. “It’s not a paintbrush affair,” he insists of his role. “None of that. And that’s in everyone’s interest.” NATURAL HABITAT “I don’t know if we have what people might say are necessary boundaries between work and personal life,” Jane observes with a laugh. “It’s all kind of fluid,” Thayer agrees. “This is just a manifestation of Jane. There’s no divide. It’s just her. If she could be making art for 16 hours a day, she would— organic impact a mural can have on its audience. “It sort of seeps into public consciousness in a way that I think is really interesting,” she reflects. “All of a sudden, those who are living and seeing it every day are connected to it—almost in a subliminal way.” Watching Jane flow around her ecosystem of a studio, it seems the most natural response in the world. and frankly she is. It’s like a bird in flight or a fish in the water. It’s just what they do.” At this point, he excuses himself to take a call with a real estate company. Jane is looking to paint a lifesized redwood tree on a skyscraper. “It wasn’t like we were ever setting out to do this,” Jane smiles as she watches Thayer head off. “I think that’s often the case in my work. I have an idea, and yes, I set out to do it, but there are so many times where things kind of happen because the circumstance and the time and place all make sense and everything is in alignment.” Because art is an instinct for Jane, she understands the wild murals inkdwell.com Imagination Gone Wild PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF SHAILEE SHAH REDWOOD CITY + Arthur Murray Dance Studio at 2065 Broadway + Cafe La Tartine at 830 Middlefield Road + Polam Federal Credit Union at 770 Marshall Street + Marshall Street Parking Garage at 750 Marshall Street + Behind the theater at 870 Jefferson Avenue + City Hall bench SAN CARLOS + Salt + Brine HALF MOON BAY + Mac Dutro Plaza hunt for ink dwell ABOVE: The Walls of Birds at Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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