Professional landscape painter and teacher, loves beauty, nature, gardens, poetry, dogs, tea and life!
Jan Blencowe
Artists Statement
The canvas is both a window and a mirror for me. Through the window of the canvas I create a poetic and elegant vision of nature, the way it was, the way it should be, the way it will be again. Luminosity and veils of translucent color invite quiet contemplation. Each painting is also a mirror reflecting joy and celebration, a visual sonnet of beauty and grace, a journey for the soul, a landscape illuminating the longing of the heart.
I focus on soft edges, rich textures and evocative light that reach in to create peace of mind and heart. Through the harmonization of color, shape and tone paradise is not lost but remembered, hoped for, realized on the canvas and resurrected in our mind.
Recent Awards and Accomplishments
2009
Best in Show Tracy Art Center pARTners in Art Show
Chosen by Chroma Interactive Acrylics to be feature in their promotional materials
2008
Juried into the New Britain Museum of Art Show
Two paintings selected to hang in the US Embassy in Honduras
as part of the Art in Embassies Program
Clinton Art Society 59th Summer Exhibition Jane Stannard Grannis Memorial Prize
Best in Show Tracy Art Center pARTners in Art Show
Paint America Competition Mini Top 50 Landscape finalist
2007
First Place Madison Art Society annual juried show
2006
Paint America Top 100 Landscape Competition finalist
Hartford Fine Art, Connecticut Plein Air Painters Juried Show
2005
Mystic Art Association Regional Juried Show
Mystic Art Association Juried Cabin Fever Show
2004
Connecticut Fine Artists Juried Show, Slater Memorial Museum
2003
Honorable Mention Essex Art Association Summer Juried Show
Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibit, Club House Gallery, W.Hartford
2002
Honorable Mention Renaissance in Pastel National Exhibit, Slater
Memorial Museum