Jan Matson
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Jan Matson is an Australia
n artist who specializes in landscapes and streetscapes.
Originally from Adelaide
, Jan began painting seriously while living in Alice Springs in the early 1980’s where she won the Centralian Advocate Art Award. During that time, various private and public collectors from Australia, United States
, United Kingdom
and the Ministry of Culture in Beijing
bought her paintings.
A Canberra
resident since 1986, Jan has been painting in oils for more than 30 years. She is a member of the Canberra Artists’ Society and has studied portraiture and figure painting at the Canberra Institute of the Arts (ANU).
Jan’s first solo exhibition was in 2000 celebrating her life-long love of colour, hence the exhibition’s name A Love Affair with Colour. In January of the same year Jan combined her artistic talents with a fellow artist in an exhibition entitled From the Bush to the Sea. It focused on an Australiana theme with paintings of the Australian bush as well as local landscapes and coastal views.
Her first trip to England, France and Italy in 2001 was followed 7 months later with A Room with Many Views, an exhibition of oil paintings featuring landscapes, street scenes and architecture.
On a second trip to Italy in 2002 Jan rented a villa in Tuscany and drove throughout Tuscany and Umbria photographing and painting villas on hilltops, vineyards and olive groves as well as shop fronts, cafes and street scenes. The journey was followed by a very successful exhibition in May 2003: A Villa in Tuscany.
Jan returned to France in September 2003 and held another popular exhibition in May 2004 called An Affair with France.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n artist who specializes in landscapes and streetscapes.
Originally from Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Jan began painting seriously while living in Alice Springs in the early 1980’s where she won the Centralian Advocate Art Award. During that time, various private and public collectors from Australia, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the Ministry of Culture in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
bought her paintings.
A Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
resident since 1986, Jan has been painting in oils for more than 30 years. She is a member of the Canberra Artists’ Society and has studied portraiture and figure painting at the Canberra Institute of the Arts (ANU).
Jan’s first solo exhibition was in 2000 celebrating her life-long love of colour, hence the exhibition’s name A Love Affair with Colour. In January of the same year Jan combined her artistic talents with a fellow artist in an exhibition entitled From the Bush to the Sea. It focused on an Australiana theme with paintings of the Australian bush as well as local landscapes and coastal views.
Her first trip to England, France and Italy in 2001 was followed 7 months later with A Room with Many Views, an exhibition of oil paintings featuring landscapes, street scenes and architecture.
On a second trip to Italy in 2002 Jan rented a villa in Tuscany and drove throughout Tuscany and Umbria photographing and painting villas on hilltops, vineyards and olive groves as well as shop fronts, cafes and street scenes. The journey was followed by a very successful exhibition in May 2003: A Villa in Tuscany.
Jan returned to France in September 2003 and held another popular exhibition in May 2004 called An Affair with France.
Prizes
Jan has won the following art prizes:- 2002 First prize oils – Richardson Exhibition
- 1999 People’s Choice Award – Gunning Annual Art Show
- 1996 Overall Winner - Thredbo Art Award
- 1995 1st – Royal Canberra Art Show – Portraiture
- 1995 1st – Royal Canberra Art Show - Seascape