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Jan Norman is an artist who works in watercolour and mixed media.
Jan Writes:
"Painting is something I have enjoyed since childhood.
I began to paint seriously with oils and various other mediums, including etching at college.
Subsequently, watercolour has captured my imagination. It has a variability about it that encourages experimentation. It is a difficult medium and can be very unforgiving, but it has a quality that I love. It has transparency and luminosity. Paint runs or spreads swiftly sometimes unpredictably which is largely responsible for those ethereal and mystical qualities, qualities that creative artists find so appealing.
I paint intuitively. The subject matter is mainly landscapes. My paintings are not true copies of nature – they are generally inspired by a view or place, but the colours change and the image evolves into what makes a good picture. I like to paint loosely and sometimes wet in wet, adding inks, wax, pencils and whatever makes appropriate marks to complete the image."
In 1997 Jan attained a certificate in fine art at the University of Brighton.
In 2010 elected to membership of The Sussex Watercolour Society.
Exhibitions include:
Brighton Festival Open House 2002
Artwave 2002
The Crypt Gallery, Seaford 2003
The Grange Rottingdean 2005
The Grange Rottingdean 2007
Brighton Festival Open House 2007
Brighton Festival Open House 2008
Christmas Open Houses 2008
R.I. Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London 2008
The Grange Rottingdean 2009
The Grange Rottingdean 2011
R.I. Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London 2011
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