Jan McLean
Artist Biography
Through paint, paper, fibers, fabric, transfers and a “let’s-try-this” approach to mixed media collage, I create the world as I see it – whimsical, colorful, fun and funny – offering the viewer playful but also profound insights into the essence of humanness and of Life itself.
I am a storyteller. Whether the motif is houses, fish and moons or something more abstract, my work is always a narrative. Houses carry on conversations, learn to dance or how to become transparent. Fish teem in cosmic seas, weaving tales from many moons ago. The story may not always be evident, even to myself, but it is inevitable.
My intent always is to connect in whatever way is possible. My aspiration is to engage the viewer at one or more levels, be that physical, intellectual, emotional, visceral or even spiritual. My hope is to touch them in some way, to say: hey, look at this. This is me. This is you. My wish is that they see my work as a mirror, allowing the loving recognition of some aspect of ourselves with humor, warmth and compassion, that it will inspire them to reflect, to smile or perhaps even to laugh.
For as Oscar Wilde reminds us: “Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
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