Work samples

  • Undefended Love
    Undefended Love
  • Into the Wild
    Into the Wild
  • Off The Chain
    Off The Chain
  • Rise Above
    Rise Above

About Jan

I am an emerging acrylic abstract painter. I entered painting in 2022 due to boredom and loneliness after moving to Maryland during the pandemic. I signed up for a 12-week online painting class and discovered a needed path to interact with myself. Within the painting experience, I discovered I could create my own adventure! Art suprised me - becoming the antidote to my rewarding but one-sided role as a sex and couple's psychotherapist. Within painting, I can return to self after hours… more

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Painterly Brushstrokes

This style requires less thinking and the use of more impulsive body movements to reduce my control. It is my favorite kind of art. I want to be able to paint with more freedom and flow.

  • Falling Into Place
    Falling Into Place
    Available for Purchase
  • Undefended Love
    Undefended Love
  • Rain Storm
    Rain Storm
  • Trees Running Through the Woods
    Trees Running Through the Woods

Geometric

Utilizing shapes like circles, squares, and rectangles creates marks being encapsulated. 

  • Limoncello
    Limoncello
  • Superhero
    Superhero
  • Stairway to Heaven
    Stairway to Heaven
  • Feeling Green
    Feeling Green
  • Geodes
    Geodes
  • Blue Velvet
    Blue Velvet
  • The Winds of March
    The Winds of March

Nature

Abstracting the natural world partially or fully.

  • Sky and Sea
    Sky and Sea
  • After the Rain
    After the Rain
  • Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
    Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree

Landscape

  • Inner Glow
    Inner Glow
  • Becoming Myself
    Becoming Myself
  • Inner Work
    Inner Work
  • Come As You Are
    Come As You Are
  • Staring at the Sun
    Staring at the Sun