Work samples

  • Undefended Love
    Undefended Love

    2024:18x48 acrylic on canvas, floral, island, blues, green, under water, Hawaiian

  • Off The Chain
    Off The Chain

    2024:  24x24 acrylic abstract on canvas, colorful, peach, red, lavender, modern

  • Rise Above
    Rise Above

    20x20 abstract acrylic on canvas, blues, bird, nature, flying

  • Peachy Keen
    Peachy Keen

    2025: 30x40 acrylic abstract on canvas, peach, light blue, navy blue, red, light green

About Jan

I am an emerging acrylic/mixed media abstract painter. I was honored to win First Place in the Howard County Open 2025, Covington Emerging Artist Award on 1/17/25.
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 as I didn't know anyone being new to the area. Within the painting experience, I discovered I could create my own… more

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

    2024: 30x40 Acrylic abstract on canvas, violet, cream, white, black, floral, organic

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  • Undefended Love
    Undefended Love

    2024:  16x40 acrylic abstract on canvas, blue, green, turquoise, etched, floral

  • Rain Storm
    Rain Storm

    2022: 24x30 Acrylic abstract on watercolor paper, red, black, blue, yellow, dramatic

  • Trees Running Through the Woods
    Trees Running Through the Woods

    2022: 12x12 Acrylic Abstract on wood board, blue, turquoise, green, atmouspheric. 

  • Pour Me a Glass of Wine
    Pour Me a Glass of Wine

    20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, lavender, pink, green

  • From My Balcony
    From My Balcony

    26x26 acrylic abstract on canvas, purple, lavender, green, yellow

  • Broken Light Still Earth
    Broken Light Still Earth

    30x15 acrylic abstract on canvas, neutral, black, gray, cream, rust

  • I Remember You
    I Remember You

    2025: 20x20 abstract acrylic on canvas, yellow, blue, green, orange, mint green

  • Dreams of a Late Bloomer
    Dreams of a Late Bloomer

    2025:  24x24 abstract acrylic on canvas, magenta, green, light blue, pink

  • Dried Earth
    Dried Earth

    2025:  20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, orange, brown, navy blue, red

Geometric

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

  • Limoncello
    Limoncello

    2023: 36x36 acrylic abstract on canvas, lemon, banana, yellow, green, blue

  • Superhero
    Superhero

    2022: 24x30 acrylic abstract on watercolor paper, energetic, superman, red, blue, white

  • Stairway to Heaven
    Stairway to Heaven

    2022:  24x30 acrylic abstract on water color paper, red, turquoise, rectangle, stairs

  • Geodes
    Geodes

    2022: 22x30 acrylic abstract on watercolor paper, greens, light blue, circles, organic, misty

  • Blue Velvet
    Blue Velvet

    2022:  20x30 acrylic abstract on watercolor paper, acrylic, oil pastel, circles, light blue, maroon, dark red

  • The Winds of March
    The Winds of March

    2022: 22x30 acrylic abstract on watercolor paper, sphere, geometric, modern

  • Stand Tall
    Stand Tall

    2025:  20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, blues, brown, geometric

Nature

Abstracting the natural world partially or fully.

  • After the Rain
    After the Rain

    2024:  24x24 acrylic abstract on canvas, pink, nature, flower, Spring, floral

  • Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
    Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree

    2022:  24x30 acrylic on watercolor paper, painting, brown, orange, blue, tree, bush, fiddle leaf fig

  • High Altitude
    High Altitude

    2024:  18x18 acrylic abstract on wood board, blue, green, brown, yellow, nature, water, lake, stream

  • Organic Matter
    Organic Matter

    2025:  30x40 acrylic abstract on canvas, peach, light blue, navy blue, red, light green

Landscape

  • Inner Glow
    Inner Glow

    2024:  20x20, acrylic, abstract on canvas,  canvas, aqua, blue, brown, yellow ochre

  • Becoming Myself
    Becoming Myself

    2024:  20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, blues, rust, lavendar, landscape, carving, etching, texture

  • Inner Work
    Inner Work

    2024:  20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, blues, landscape

  • Come As You Are
    Come As You Are

    2024:  20x20 acrylic abstract on canvas, light blue, tan, black, white, landscape

  • Staring at the Sun
    Staring at the Sun

    2024:  24x24 acrylic abstract on canvas, blue, red, turquoise, purple, multi color, glow, tropical

  • Manly Man
    Manly Man

    2024:  24x24 acrylic abstract on canvas, landscape, turquoise, rust, blue, cream.

  • Great Idea
    Great Idea

    24x30 Acrylic abstract on canvas, blue, maroon, gold, pink

Littles- That Capture Energy

In making focused effort to explore freedom while focusing on color and shape I have been making 12x12 little paintings that can hang together to make for an interesting design collection.

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    IMG_3352.jpg

    2025:  13x13 abstract acrylic on wood panel, natural wood frame, khaki, hot pink, pink, lavender

  • The Bliss of Being
    The Bliss of Being

    13x13 Acrylic mixed media, abstract on wood board, natural wood frame, khaki, red, gold, blue, pink

  • Stay the Course
    Stay the Course

    13x13 Acrylic mixed media, abstract on wood board, burnt orange, light blue, medium blue, black 

  • Rose Colored Glasses
    Rose Colored Glasses

    13x13 acrylic abstract on wood panel, natural wood frame, red, green, pink