BIOGRAPHY Jan was born and grew up in rural Gloucestershire. She gained a Humanities Degree - studying English and Social Sciences, and then a PGCE from Bristol University before becoming an English teacher. She began painting professionally when her children were young, exhibiting widely, mostly in watercolours, in Sussex and Kent including Brighton, Rye, Hastings and Tunbridge Wells. After completing a Foundation Diploma, specialising in painting, at West Kent College, she began working on a larger scale in acrylics and mixed media. Since then her work has further evolved and she now works mainly in oils on canvas. Jan has continued to exhibit in the Home Counties. She recently moved back to Gloucestershire. Some of her paintings can currently be seen at the Thin Dog Gallery in Cirencester and Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye. In June 08, Jan will be opening her studio at Sevilles Barn in Chalford as part of Site 08 Stroud Valleys Visual Arts Festival. See festival programme for details. She is having a solo exhibition 29th October - 4th November 2008 at The Garden Gallery, Montpellier, Cheltenham.