dipping my brush in my soul - jana van wyk

... and expressing my passion for the landscape

Jana Van Wyk - Artist

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  • Jana Van Wyk - Etsy Store, view some of my paintings
  • High Desert Painters - a plein air landscape painting group co-founded by Jana Van Wyk

about me

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Henry Ward Beecher.

This is my journey of dipping my brush into my own soul and painting what I find. I have a passion for our American West and those landscapes are my primary focus. But, averaging 6-8 weeks of travel a year, I will paint where ever I am. I usually paint on location, i.e. plein air, but also revel in taking a plein air study and my photographs and using them to create a large, more thoughtful, studio work. In addition to bold brushwork and vibrant color, the power of the composition is becoming more important to my work. The work of Ann Templeton, Vincent Van Gogh, Ed Mell, Maynard Dixon, Edgar Payne, Birger Sandzen, and Walt Gonske has been a huge inspiration to me. - Jana Van Wyk

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  • new mexico series (43)
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  • my painting process (28)
  • my travels (27)
  • painting on location (18)
  • inspiration (17)
  • national park series (11)
  • north carolina series (9)
  • western series (8)
  • sold works (5)
  • continuing my education (4)
  • online demos (4)
  • high desert painters (3)
  • michigan series (2)
  • my studio (2)
  • painting in the studio (2)
  • sky series (2)
  • adirondack chair series (1)
  • art quilts (1)
  • home post (1)
  • portrait series (1)
  • self critique (1)
  • still life series (1)

upcoming events

  • October, 2014, New Mexico Paint Out

selected previous events

  • September 5-25, "Artspark Main Exhibition", Raleigh, NC
  • January 15 - March 15, 2012, Solo Show "Wide Open Spaces" - Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, NC
  • Fine Art League of Cary Member's Show, Nov 2 - Jan 27, 2012, Cary Ballet Conservatory
  • August 2011, "A Russian Night in Taos", Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM
  • July 1-31, 2011, Show at Johnson's of Madrid Gallery, Madrid, NM, Plein Air Painters of NM Event
  • January 2011, Solo Show "A Passion for the Landscape" - Cary Senior Center, Cary, NC
  • June 3-23, 2011, "Scope: the North Carolina Landscape", Juried exhibition, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, juried by Allie Pitcher, Curatorial Assistant, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA.
  • Oct 1-22, 2010, "2010 Juried Landscape Show", Cary Gallery of Artists, Cary, NC
  • Oct 21-24 2010, "Down Home: Portraits of the Old North State", Junior League of Raleigh, Inc & Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
  • Oct 9 - Nov 14, 2010, "The Spirt of Place" Annual Juried Exhibition of the Plein Air Painters of NM, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
  • September 16-19, 2010, "Ignite/Extinguish", artSPARK Gallery 2010, Raleigh, NC
  • August 2010, "A Russian Night in Taos", Juried exhibition, Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM
  • July - Sept 2010, Solo Show - Cameron Village Library, Raleigh, NC, juried by Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC

"On the Mesa" 12x16 oil plein air

"On the Mesa" 12x16 oil plein air

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