Artist Jan Shepherd
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Biography
I have been a practicing artist as long as I can remember. My earliest memory is at the age of 3... drawing in my bedroom and losing myself in my fantasies. I used that experience to help grade school children learn to draw. It seems they are expected to know how... why?...because they are kids. I noticed some struggled with this expectation, so I used a basic teaching method to help them learn how to draw. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they produced still lifes and portraits that were gallery quality. I am a self taught artist who has dabbled in everything from charcoal to pastel to acrylic but am now working mostly in oils . My subject material was always portraits until I started a business as a muralist and faux painter. I stretched myself by learning how to paint landscapes and architecture and am amazed at how much I like it. Traveling twice to Europe with renown artist Charles White was a new and wonderful experience. What a joy it was to tour the countryside of Tuscany plein aire painting. On my last trip, I set up my easel along the Seine River in Paris to paint and, to my surprise, I sold it right there. What a way to end a painting workshop! I can now say I am an International Aritst... I give all the glory to God for giving me this wonderful gift. I am now retired from the “Artistic Wall” business I maintained for 11 years, and am working in my studio to develop that gift. I sign all my work with Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” He will and He is.....
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