Jane Riles is a San Diego Artist who has been painting for forty-three years. Her watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings are frequently shown at The San Diego Art Institute, The Escondido Arts Gallery, The San Diego Watercolor Society, and The East West Gallery in La Costa. Her works have won numerous awards. She has had four solo shows in California, one in Illinois and three in Lyon, France.

She is currently Vice-President of the San Diego Watercolor Society and member of The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, Point Loma Artists and The La Jolla Art Association.

Jane has had a diverse art training. She studied painting at Mary Washington College, The Peoria Art Center, The Northwest School of Art,The University of Illinois and The Athenaeum. She was greatly influenced by two master painters, Emil Schnelock and Nicoli Ziroli. She attributes a new direction and inspiration in her work to Ernest Velardi, Professor Emeritus of Art, at California State University Northridge. Jane also hold a Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Oregon