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ARTIST'S PROFILE
Jan Ledbetter's mixed-media paintings are pictorial tapestries layering observations and imagination, design elements, abstract motifs, and personal symbols. Though her daughters, friends, and class models often pose for her figurative paintings, she is never interested in creating an exact likeness, but rather in using the figure as a design element. Recent travels to Peru and several trips to Guatemala including giving a painting workshop there in 2009, have greatly influenced Jan's subject matter. Many of her new paintings record her impressions of the Maya women in Guatemala's colorful markets. By exploring the relationships of value, shape, texture and color, she leads us on a creative journey through each painting. Balancing painting, teaching, and giving international workshops, her work reflects the joy and passion that she brings to every aspect of her life. She has taught and exhibited her paintings for over 30 years.
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, Master of Fine Arts in Illustration, Syracuse NY
University of Central Oklahoma, Bachelor of Science, Edmond OK
Stephens College, Associate of Arts, Columbia MO
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Signature Member of National Watercolor Society
Signature Member of Southern Watercolor Society
Signature Member of Virginia Watercolor Society
PUBLICATIONS
Magazine: American Artist Watercolor, Materials, Techniques & Inspiration for Watermedia Painting, "The Joy of Paint and Paper", winter 2007
Book: Two of Jan`s paintings are included in Mary Todd Beam's new book "The Creative Edge, Exercises to Celebrate Your Creative Self "
SOLO & JOINT EXHIBITIONS
This Century Art Gallery, Williamsburg VA, August 2008
Three Ladies, Three Styles, One Exhibit, Yorktown VA, August 2009
COLLECTIONS
Jan's paintings are held in numerous collections including Norfolk Southern Corporation and Bay Rivers Group
JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
National Watercolor Society 87th Annual Exhibition 2007
Painting selected for their Travel Show 2008
National Watercolor Society 86th Annual Exhibition 2006
Award: Alexander Nepote Memorial Award
Painting selected for their Travel Show 2007
Painting used on the front of the Exhibition`s invitation
Southern Watercolor Society Exhibitions 2010 (opening March 26), 2008 (Award) and selected for Travel Show, 2007 (Award), 2006 (Award)
San Diego Watercolor Society Exhibition 2009 (Award)
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 2009
National Watercolor Society All Member Show 2006
Baltimore Watercolor Society's Mid-Atlantic Reginal Watercolor Exhibition 2010 (opening April 17), 2009
Watercolor Art Society of Houston International Exhibition 2010 (Award), 2009
Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibitions 2009 (Best in Show), 2008 (Award), 2007 (Award: Third Place), 2006 (Award: Second Place), 2005, 2004, 2003
Peninsula Fine Arts Center: Invited to exhibit eight paintings in “Brushstrokes” held in conjunction with American Watercolor Masters and Recent American Watercolors Exhibition 2007, Newport News VA
Peninsula Fine Arts Center: Invitational: Women: Art and Identity, A Century of Art, Newport News VA 2004
First Frontier Collage Society Open International Exhibition 2006 (Award), 2005
This Century Art Gallery Annual Member`s Show, Williamsburg VA, 2007 (Best in Show), 2006, 2005 (Award), 2004 (Best in Show)
Artists' Who Teach, Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA, 2007 (Award), 2006 (Award)
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