Born to the
serene and simple life of a small Ohio farm, surrounded by beautiful flowers
and bountiful gardens, Jan Ford recounts her youth through lyrical
recreations of those familiar subjects.
Jan's array of artwork includes lush flower gardens, floral still-life
images filled with lace and the occasional antique, and vegetables from the
local farmer's market. Each piece invokes different musical moods and
the floral forms themselves conduct their own song.
Jan Ford studied art at Ohio State University and The Art League School in
Alexandria, Virginia, as well as with private instructors. Since the
onset of her career over 30 years ago,
Jan has established a reputation for her expert handling of the medium with
special interest taken to beautiful color development. Her watercolors
sing with color, clarity and brilliance, always rich and
luminous.
EDUCATION:
Ohio State University
Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia
Private instructors: Bud Shackelford, Naomi
Brotherton, B.
Bogdanovic, Arthur Barbour, Alex
Posers, C. Schink and Al
Bouillette
AWARDS:
Columbus Festival of the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition,
Annandale, VA
Winter Park Festival, Winter Park, Florida
Sanibel, Captiva Arts Fair, Sanibel, Florida
Las Olas Art Festival, Museum of Art, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida
"Under the Oaks", Vero Beach, Florida
Boston Mills Art Show, Peninsula, Ohio
Art Fair on the Square (invitational), Madison,
Wisconsin
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Exhibition, George
Mason
University, Arlington, Virginia
Stone Harbor Art Show, Stone Harbor, New Jersey
Purchase Award - Occasion of the Arts,
Williamsburg, Virginia
Purchase Award - Springfest, Charlotte, North
Carolina
Best in Show, Fredericksburg, Woodbridge &
Manassas,
Virginia
Nominee for Governor Award for the Arts in Virginia
ART AFFILIATED MEMBERSHIPS:
Potomac Valley Watercolorists
Virginia Watercolor Society
Southern Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society (Associate)
American Watercolor Society (Associates)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Art in Public Places, Fairfax, Virginia
IBM Corporation, Manassas, Virginia
William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, New Jersey
On The Hill Art Center, Yorktown, Virginia
Fishscale & Mousetooth Gallery, Manassas,
Virginia
Performing and Fine Art Center, Manassas, Virginia
Kanuga Center, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia
JURIED SHOWS:
Southern Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibitions, 8 years
The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, PA
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Exhibition, Spectrum
Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Exhibition, George
Mason
University, Arlington, Virginia
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Exhibition, Green
Springs Farm,
Annandale, Virginia
The Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory,
Alexandria, Virginia
Brandeis Art Exhibit, Hubert Humphrey Building,
Washington,
D.C., 1 year, and Strathmore Art
Center, Bethesda, MD 2 years.
Northern Virginia Community College Exhibition,
Manassas, VA
Winter Park, Gasparilla, Los Olas Museum Show, Vero
Beach,
Florida
Lakefront Festival of Art & Art Fair on the
Square, Wisconsin
Columbus Arts Festival & Boston Mills Art Fest,
Ohio
State Street Area Art Fair & Arts and Apples
Festival, Michigan
Arts Festival of Atlanta, Georgia
Plaza Fine Arts Fair & Brookside Art Fair,
Kansas City, Missouri
Springfest, Charlotte, North Carolina
Uptown Art Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
COLLECTIONS (partial list):
First Citizen Bank Plaza, Charlotte, North Carolina
Eastman Pharmaceuticals, Malvern, Pennsylvania
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. President,
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Care Net Health Systems, Columbus, Ohio
Manassas City Hall, Manassas, Virginia
Kings Mill & Malcom Inc., Williamsburg,
Virginia
Masonic Home for the Aged, Richmond, Virginia
IBM Corporation, Bethesda, MD and Manassas, VA
Calvert Builders, Roanoke Rapids, NC &
Woodbridge, VA
Barcroft Institute, Falls Church, Virginia
Iris Symphony