Artist's Statement
The entire world is reborn in spring. Starting March, when the snow still drips
from the branches of trees, and exploding into June, when a palpable vitality ignites
the air, spring reminds us more than any other season that life is cyclical. In
spring "trees leap up alive," "buds relax and spread," and the world according to
e.e. cummings is "puddle wonderful." Crabapples blossom, poppies dance and irises
flutter in the breeze robins chirp. All play a role in this season of renewal. Throughout
the entire year, my oil paintings are a constant reminder of spring, an exhilarating
season!
Technique:
My artwork is painted with highly pigmented professional grade oil paints using
various size brushes on wrapped canvases and then varnished. Vibrant flowers in
bold colors float in abstracted, layered backgrounds.
Jolan Horen
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Art Education
- Studied with Alma R. Lemke, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
- Studied with Jean Williams, University of Georgia, Art Department, Athens, GA
- Workshops with Janet Pope, Baltimore, Maryland
- Continuing study with Doris Volpe, Deer Path Art League, Lake Forest, IL
Shows
- Art Fair on the Square (Fall Festival of Art), Lake Forest, IL (since 1995)--juried
- Performing Artist in Chicago's Artists Celebration in October (2006 & 2007)
- Robert T. Wright Com. Gallery of Art Members Exhibitions, Grayslake, IL (since 1996)
- Art Extravaganza, Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest, IL
- The Art Center Members Show, Highland Park, IL
- The Art Center Outreach Program, 1-Person Show, 11/04-1/05 & 5/06-6/06
- Lake Forest Art Expo 2001, 2002 & 2003--juried
- 2001 to 2006 Later impressions, San, Chicago, IL--juried
Member
- Deer Path Art League, Board of Directors, Lake Forest, IL
- National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
- The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
- Chicago Artists' Coalition (CAC)
- Senior Artists Network
(SAN), Chicago, IL
Galleries
Collections
- Mr & Mrs. Mark Anderson, Chicago, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Beckmann, Glenview, IL
- Mrs. Mary Donnelley Blake, Evanston, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery L Byers, Jr., Delray Beach, FL
- Mr & Mrs. Thomas Changras, San Francisco, CA
- Mr. & Mrs. Paul Danylik, Manhattan Beach, CA
- Mr. & Mrs. John Hamilton, Lake Forest, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. Jon Henricks, Lake Forest, IL
- Ms. Susan Herpichboehm, Augsburg, Germany
- Ms. Megan Horen, Chicago, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. David Kearns, Lake Bluff, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. James Lindeman, Lake Forest, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. William G. Krewson, Bucks County, PA
- Mr. & Mrs. Michael Newcomb, Lake Forest, IL
- Mr. & Mrs. Steven Pokorny, Chicago, IL
- Mr. Peter Preis, Beverly Hills, CA
- Dr. Cynthia Weston, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Mr. & Mrs. Jason Fricke, Milwauke, WI
- Ms. Ruth Johnson, Libertyville, IL
- Mr. & Mrs.William Beanblossom, Lake Forest, IL
Press