JAN PERKINS graduated in painting and illustration from Utah State University in 1985.  Since then Jan has worked as an illustrator and more recently as a landscape and wildlife artist.  Jan has a vast interest in life and this is reflected in her variety of created work.  She has painted Greek ceiling paintings, award winning portraits of musicians in the Utah Symphony, children’s portraits, landscapes for Utah ski resorts, fashion illustration, and paintings of show and race horses. Now, Jan is exploring and expressing as much as possible the heart and soul within via the beauty of wild lands, nature, and light. Her work is influenced by James Reynolds, Dan McCaw, Putt, Sargent, Levitan, Phillip Goodwin, Sorolla and Vouillard.  Along with her love of drawing, color, and exploring the yin and yang contrasts, it is also her passion and love of nature, which inspires her to paint.

“ When I am in the presence of nature, of animals, and of a certain kind of light, I am immediately restored to peace, to wholeness, to an indescribable calm.  For me, these experiences are nothing less than sacred.  I strive to create paintings which reflect this experience.”

Jan’s work is included in several collections in Utah, her home state, as well as across the country.  She also continues to exhibit her paintings in local and national shows.

Jan’s paintings are represented by Montana Trails Gallery in Bozeman MT and Gallery MAR in Park City, Utah.

She now lives and paints in the quiet beauty of rural Utah.