Jan Calderwood
About My Art
My passions are colour, light and atmosphere and I enjoy a wide variety of subjects. I love to show my feelings about a subject or a place in my work, as in the magic and mystery I have tried to show in Serenity, a painting showing a sunset over the sea, where the tall ship is tiny and nature is immense.
Since moving to Spain my palette is brighter and bolder, although my natural tendency will always be towards harmonious effects. I often paint the sea as I spend so much time near, on ( or in!) it.
I specialise in portraiture and animal painting. I have pleased many customers with commissioned portraits of loved ones and pets, either from life or from photos, sometimes combining two photos – e.g. changing the clothes on a child!
I like to get a certain feeling into a portrait, as in my sunlit portrait of my daughter adoring her dog Poppy. Ten per cent of all sales of my big cat pictures is donated to the WWF. I want to help to save these amazing creatures for the future in a practical way, as well as by recording their beauty and strength.
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