"A lifelong kinship and identification with animals has helped me to have empathy with the life force, and to express what it is to be here as a flesh and blood being."
Jan Harrison is an American painter and sculptor whose work, which primarily features animal imagery, centers on the animal nature as it relates to human existence and the collective psyche. Her art is informed by the philosophy of deep ecology. In addition to visual art, she performs in Animal Tongues. She currently lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Website:
http://www.janharrison.net
Paintings on Exhibit at Divinanimality
All works on paper framed; Follow links to artist's web site.
1. "Big Cat - Mountain Lion With Foliage Fur," 2011, Pastel, charcoal and ink on lavis fidelis paper. (displayed at right, click to enlarge in new window)
2. "The Corridor Series Cat #3," 2009, pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper.
3. "The Corridor Series Owl #2," 2010, pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper.
4. "The Corridor Series Primate #34," 2009, pastel, charcoal, ink on rag paper.
5. "The Corridor Series Primate #31," 2009, pastel, charcoal, ink on rag paper. (displayed at right, click to enlarge in new window)
6. "The Corridor Series Primate #28," 2009, pastel, charcoal, ink on rag paper.
7. "The Corridor Series Primate #29," 2009, pastel, charcoal, ink on rag paper.
