Above: Jan Neil's works framed and proudly enhancing an office meeting room
Jan Neil is an Australian career artist, who has completed many commissions, in both the public and private sectors.
After completing studies in Fine Art in 1975, Jan worked in various art mediums until 1989, when she concentrated on image making exclusively using the silk screen process.
Jan's artistic inspiration comes from the natural environment, as well as her urban surroundings in Fitzroy, particularly street art and graffiti. Her new toolbox consists of photography, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and digital printing. All of the images on this website are available as limited edition prints - signed and numbered, with a choice of printing on paper or stretched canvas to the size you desire.
Jan combined silk screen with collage, resulting in the production of original art works, unique monoprints, and a series of limited edition prints. In her process, Jan used an open screen with heavy torn paper as a mask, positioned on each work to prevent ink from being deposited in unwanted areas. Through the following year, Jan converted to adding acrylic paint to collage. The collage is now applied to stretched canvas, allowing for changes in scale as well as the variety of collage materials, eg. timber, metal, wire and found objects. Collage materials are applied on a black background, acrylic paint is added, dark to light, waiting for each colour to dry before the next application.
Although landscape is not her only inspiration for image making, it is naturally suggested in Jan’s painting by the colours, textures, horizontal panels and separations. Found objects have an inferred history and draw connections between things encountered and time and place.
Via the collage medium, Jan draws upon a vehicle which offers the viewer creative opportunities for interaction and personal participation.
In 1981 Jan moved from Central Victoria to Melbourne where she has exhibited regularly. She has also exhibited in every Australian State as well as overseas..
In 1997 Jan moved to her Carlton Studio, Melbourne, where she commenced Acrylic Collage on stretched canvas. Collage materials used were mainly found objects; timber, metal, wire and fabrics. This period marked a new chapter in Jan's prolific artistic career, during which she completed many commissions for high profile clients; Greg Norman's yacht; Launceston Country Club Tasmania, Sails in the Desert, Uluru and many others. From Carlton, In 2002 Jan moved to a purpose designer studio and gallery in Clifton Hill, where for the next 8 years she held exhibitions of her own and the work of other artists in a variety of mediums.
Jan's artistic inspiration comes from the natural environment, as well as her urban surroundings in Fitzroy, particularly street art and graffiti. Her new toolbox consists of photography, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and digital printing. All of the images on this website are available as limited edition prints - signed and numbered, with a choice of printing on paper or stretched canvas to the size you desire.
Jan uses only archival inks and substrates to provide her clients with quality and affordable art.
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