Jan Neil is famous for her vibrant, detailed acrylic paintings and silk screen giclee prints. Jan’s talents predominantly began with the water colour medium until 1989. In the latter part of 1989 she traveled through Europe, visiting such places as Italy, Greece and the Greek Islands, where she painted and took photographs of the magnificent surrounds. When Jan returned to Australia that same year she commenced her image making through silk screen prints and incorporated the materials of canvas, paper and gold leaf. The Tasmanian born artist traveled for a second time in 1994, where she visited the U.S.A., U.K. and many other parts of Europe, in total visiting 13 countries, their galleries, public and private and taking photographs. Soon her print medium gave way to painting with acrylics, and although her paintings changed visually, she still found herself using collages of manufactured items within the painting process. Jan Neil increases her painting texture through the addition of sand to the paint, which also makes for a durable surface. exhibition 1982 The Elgin Gallery, Melbourne 1983 Niagara Lane Gallery, Melbourne 1983 The Elgin Gallery, Melbourne 1986 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne 1986 Plover’s Hill Gallery, Melbourne 1987 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne 1987 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne 1987 Gallery 21, Melbourne 1987 Portsea Gallery, Portsea 1988 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne 1991 Editions Southbank, Melbourne 1991 Blackood Gallery, Melbourne 1992 The Highway Gallery, Melbourne 1992 Handmark Gallery, Hobart 1993 Handmark Gallery, Hobart 1994 Elgin Gallery, Melbourne 1994 QDOS Gallery, Lorne 1994 Australian Gallery, Hong Kong 1994 Stables Gallery, Perth
1994 Elgin Gallery, Melbourne 1994 Design Warehouse, Melbourne 1995 Sollander Gallery, Canberra 1995 Handmark (Christmas Show), Hobart 1996 Handmark Gallery, Hobart 1996 Art Images, Adelaide 1996 Art EXPO, Sydney 1997 Colours Art Cafe, Torquay 1997 Framed Gallery, Darwin 1998 Albury Picture Framing, Albury 1998 Feral Fine Art, Forrest 1998 Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Artists Realm, Melbourne 1999 Old Cheese Factory, Berwick 2000 So Ho Gallery, Sydney Her work is held in many private, public and corporate collections in Australia and overseas.
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