Jan Myers, PSA
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About the Artist
A painter for over 45 years, Jan travels throughout the Southwest and other regions photographing and sketching for several weeks at a time. “I’m not really an outdoor painter. Nature can be exciting – like a glorious sunset – but usually enhancement is needed. If I emphasize color and contrast, there’s an excitement the viewer feels. If I’m going for a more tranquil, healing, spiritual sort of landscape, the color choices are much different. It’s amazing how much I always need to simplify a scene, leaving a lot out, in order to convey a focused, powerful message; even if it is a peaceful message.”
“Soft Pastels (not Oil Pastels) are a very expressive medium. I like to contrast bold scribbling strokes with softer, blended areas. A painting is never finished in one session. I come back to each painting at least ten times. Unfinished paintings are stacked on a shelf with glassine between each one. There are always about 40 unfinished paintings in the stack. My thinking and mood each morning dictate my work for the day.”
Jan's Biography
A painter since the 1970’s and now semi-retired, Jan has enjoyed driving the backroads of the Southwest photographing and sketching for several weeks at a time. In the studio the paintings change from the actual scene. “My paintings reflect my life experience and a bond with Nature. It is delightful to have time for travel and painting.” She has had numerous one-woman shows in Taos, Santa Fe, Tubac, and Denver. Jan and her husband, Art, live in Arvada, Colorado and in Angel Fire, New Mexico.
Jan is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and participates regularly in many juried national exhibits.
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1978.
Career highlights:
- 2015 Mile High International Exhibition sponsored by the Pastel Society of Colorado; at the Denver Public Library
- 2014 Mile High International Exhibit, Denver Public Library
- The Arvada Center with the Arvada Fine Arts Guild
- 2013 Pastel Society of Colorado Members’ Show, Denver, Colorado
- Center for the Arts Evergreen, Assorted exhibits throughout the past three years; also teaching workshops
- 2012 “Mile High International Exhibition” sponsored by the Pastel Society of Colorado, at the John Madden Center in Englewood, Colorado
- 2007 July Invitational Exhibit at Ghost Ranch, Piedra Lumbre Center, Abiquiu, NM
- Director of the Arvada Art Studio Tour, for three years. Annually in September, Arvada, Colorado
- 2006 Purchase of “Dark Lagoon, 10” by Standley Lake Library
- 2005 The 2005 Print for Rocky Mountain Public Television Art Auction “Dark Lagoon, 4”
- Chicago Architecture Foundation: Art Auction
- 2004 Sangre de Cristo Arts Center: One woman exhibit November – February 2005, Pueblo, CO
- Colorado Arts Festival, Juried; outdoor show in downtown Denver, CO
- Pastel Society of Colorado, Juried; Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Englewood, CO
- 2003 Colorado Art Open 2003, Juried; Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
- 2002 Pastel Society of the West Coast, Juried, Modesto, CA
- 2000 Pastel Society of America 28th Annual exhibit, New York, NY
- Pastel Society of the West Coast juried exhibit, Sacramento, CA
- TV promotion for Rocky Mountain PBS Art Auction, shown for the Art Auction
Past Career Highlights:
Corporate and Public Collections:
- The Adam’s Mark Hotel, when in Denver, purchased 5 large paintings displayed behind their reception desk
- One Woman Exhibits at Gallery A, Taos, New Mexico for 10 years
- International Association of Pastel Societies juried exhibit, Denver, 1998
- Artist-in-Residence, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1996
- Pastel Society of America (PSA) signature membership, 1993 (juried into 3 of their national exhibits within 6 years)
- Art in Public Places – Several locations around Denver metro area.
- Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities; solo exhibit, 1997
- Denver Art Museum, The Denver Metropolitan exhibit, 1972
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Colorado, BFA, 1978
Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver MBNA bank, Dallas, Texas Cascade Hotel, Vail U S Bank, Denver Colorado Housing Finance Authority, Denver Wells Fargo Bank, Denver Colorado State Patrol Bldg., Golden, Colorado Pepsi Corporation, Denver Colorado School of Mines Colorado State Services Building, Denver Kaiser Permanente, Westminster Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park Hanifen Imhoff Inc, Denver Standley Lake Library, Arvada, Colorado
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