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Jan Wall
United States
Artist highlights
- Experienced Artist
- Works on commission
Discover the creation in interiors
Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Pencil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 16x20in
About this artwork
This mixed media painting shows Main Street of Placerville, California, in 1850. I saw the reference photo in the waiting room at my dentist’s office, and was so taken with it that I asked his permission to paint it.
The top half of the painting, the hill and forest in the distance are all painted in oil; the details in the foreground are pencil, pen, and ink. I felt that the oil painting was more permanent, more powerful, while the men and the… buildings look fragile and temporary.
The group of men on the right are distributing white flags marking property boundaries in the city. At the top of the hill is some sort of water delivery system. It looks too small to be a flume; perhaps it is a stone trough, and the source of Hangtown Creek, which still runs downhill to Main Street in Placerville.
The original photo is in the Larsen Museum in Placerville.
The central image extends to the edges, but could be framed with a simple dark wooden frame about 2 inches wide.
The top half of the painting, the hill and forest in the distance are all painted in oil; the details in the foreground are pencil, pen, and ink. I felt that the oil painting was more permanent, more powerful, while the men and the… buildings look fragile and temporary.
The group of men on the right are distributing white flags marking property boundaries in the city. At the top of the hill is some sort of water delivery system. It looks too small to be a flume; perhaps it is a stone trough, and the source of Hangtown Creek, which still runs downhill to Main Street in Placerville.
The original photo is in the Larsen Museum in Placerville.
The central image extends to the edges, but could be framed with a simple dark wooden frame about 2 inches wide.
Jan Wall
United States
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Works on commission
« In my art, I’m looking for the place where work and play are inseparable, where spirit and matter dance together. »
Jan Wall is an American artist whose paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States. Environmental themes are recurring in her works. In addition, Wall is fascinated by the manner in which newspapers and art affect each other. She employs a wide range of artistic approaches, ranging from realism to magical realism.
Her striking compositions are created using oils and ink on canvas.
Her striking compositions are created using oils and ink on canvas.
