Artist’s Bio

Jan Smith collects and is influenced by various forms of art, textiles, and organic materials. Although she works in metals; quilts and textile arts are an important influence on her current body of work. In part her work is honoring these traditions and celebrating the generations of woman's spirits and creativity. An exploration of the surface and textural quality of abstract elements is the other part of her work.

She works in series, articulating recurring themes through layers of color, marks, and imagery. Her training as a printmaker influences her treatment of the surface and her use of color. She approaches enamel and metal in the same way she approaches pigment and paper through a very physical and intuitive interaction. She continues to be seduced by the layers of transparent colors and their luminescence.