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Jan
Ashby was educated in Brisbane and worked for the Queensland Education
Department until December 1991 when she moved to the Blue Mountains
in New South Wales to pursue a full time career in art.
This commitment has seen a development of painting and drawing,
where native flora and landscape subject matter are fully integrated.
Portraiture and still life are also important subjects in her
art.
A constant inspiration is the hidden landscape of the bush,
pockets of native flora and its debris, windswept or encrusted
that form the continuous mantle of the earth.
Jan's Passion for these infinitely variable patterns is shared
with the viewer through her very personal artistic approach. She
has adapted this imagery to the three dimensional forms of ceramics.
Jan works with a variety of shapes, as well as highly decorative
pieces where layers of glazing create subtlety, richness and depth.
Regular working trips, camping in the outback, inspire and inform
her work, resolved in her studios in Blackheath and in Mosman.
Jan's
work is available in Sydney through the Mosman Regional Art Gallery,
in the Blue Mountains through the Royal Botanic Gardens, Mt Tomah,
and in the Hunter Valley through the Lars Knudsen Gallery.
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