Below are the questions I asked and the answers I was given:
How long in preparation did you spend before putting up this exhibit? (Celebrating Colourful Cotswold Verges)
Jan told me that there has to be a considerable amount of pre-planning before putting up an exhibition with having two years notice on booking The Gardens Gallery to exhibit her pieces. Whilst Jan had two years prior to the event it wasn't until a year later that she started working on her pieces as she took inspiration from the summer before when the Cotswold was in bloom.
You work in both oil paints and pastels, do you have a personal favorite medium?
Whilst initially Jan worked exclusively in oils she won the Staedtler prize in 1995 at the NEC Artists exhibition for one of her pastels and since a large part of her work is pastels also. Jan told me she doesn't have a preference over the two mediums but that her oils sold better and proved more popular amongst buyers.
This exhibition is all your own work and linked under a certain theme, do you work on commissioned pieces also? If so, do you have a preference to creating pieces or doing commission work?
Jan's exhibit was all work she had done towards this exhibit under the theme but she told me that she does also do commission. However, she prefers to do her own work and sell it.
As an artist, what would the average working day consist of in preparation for this exhibition?
Jan works Monday to Friday and the average day would be spent painting from around 9:00AM through until 12:30PM/1:00PM in preparation for putting on an exhibition.
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| Jan Whitton evidence (not in folder) |