jan pittman - wildflower artist
Born and bred in WA, Jan has been interested in wildflowers for many years,
and was for several years on the committee of the Eastern Hills Branch of the Wildflower Society of WA,
taking on the positions of secretary and president at various times.
Although she was good at drawing biological specimens at PLC and UWA, where she did a science degree in the 1960s, she didn't take up painting until 2008, after retiring from being a science teacher and later a teacher-librarian.
Classes in watercolour with Barbara Hunt at Tresillian in 2008 and 2009, and several weekend courses with Lori Spencer, have helped define her style. She finds lots of inspiration in the flowers, leaves, gumnuts, etc. in her garden and in the bushland on her property "Rothiemay" in Gidgegannup, where she lives with her partner (and biggest supporter) Dave.
Frosty morning at Rothiemay
One of her paintings was entered in the 2008 Gidgegannup Show, where it won first prize in the floral painting section, and was selected to be the Gidgegannup Agricultural Society's entry for the Shell Award at the 2009 Royal Show, and at the 2009 Gidgegannup Show, another watercolour won the "Best Art in Show" award, as well as first prize in the floral painting section. In 2010, she won the trophy for the most points in the Art Section at the Gidgegannup Show, winning first and second prizes for floral art, and second prize for “still life other than flowers”, a painting of the skull and leg bones of a wedge-tailed eagle. Her first prize painting of Eucalyptus caesia, in the floral art section, was also selected as the Gidgegannup Agricultural Society’s entry in the Rural Art Award at the 2011 Royal Show.
Jan was very pleased, as well as amazed, to be approached by the Premier’s Department recently with a request to use the image of one of her paintings (Nuytsia floribunda, see below) on the Premier’s 2010 Christmas cards. She was happy to give her permission for Colin Barnett to use the image, and is acknowledged as the artist on the back of the card.
A number of her paintings, as well as several different greeting cards (printed from her original paintings), are on display, and for sale, at Cherith Grove, a beautiful pizza café in Mayo Road Gidgegannup (400 metres from the junction of Mayo and Toodyay Roads) - phone 9574 6424 for bookings. Her cards are also for sale at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, as well as various local nurseries and cafés in the Perth Hills and the Swan Valley.
Roger Modolo of Canvass Fine Arts at 703 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park, frames her paintings (9362 4136).
All images are copyright and may not be downloaded or reproduced without the written permission of the artist.
Although she was good at drawing biological specimens at PLC and UWA, where she did a science degree in the 1960s, she didn't take up painting until 2008, after retiring from being a science teacher and later a teacher-librarian.
Classes in watercolour with Barbara Hunt at Tresillian in 2008 and 2009, and several weekend courses with Lori Spencer, have helped define her style. She finds lots of inspiration in the flowers, leaves, gumnuts, etc. in her garden and in the bushland on her property "Rothiemay" in Gidgegannup, where she lives with her partner (and biggest supporter) Dave.
Frosty morning at Rothiemay
One of her paintings was entered in the 2008 Gidgegannup Show, where it won first prize in the floral painting section, and was selected to be the Gidgegannup Agricultural Society's entry for the Shell Award at the 2009 Royal Show, and at the 2009 Gidgegannup Show, another watercolour won the "Best Art in Show" award, as well as first prize in the floral painting section. In 2010, she won the trophy for the most points in the Art Section at the Gidgegannup Show, winning first and second prizes for floral art, and second prize for “still life other than flowers”, a painting of the skull and leg bones of a wedge-tailed eagle. Her first prize painting of Eucalyptus caesia, in the floral art section, was also selected as the Gidgegannup Agricultural Society’s entry in the Rural Art Award at the 2011 Royal Show.
Jan was very pleased, as well as amazed, to be approached by the Premier’s Department recently with a request to use the image of one of her paintings (Nuytsia floribunda, see below) on the Premier’s 2010 Christmas cards. She was happy to give her permission for Colin Barnett to use the image, and is acknowledged as the artist on the back of the card.
A number of her paintings, as well as several different greeting cards (printed from her original paintings), are on display, and for sale, at Cherith Grove, a beautiful pizza café in Mayo Road Gidgegannup (400 metres from the junction of Mayo and Toodyay Roads) - phone 9574 6424 for bookings. Her cards are also for sale at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, as well as various local nurseries and cafés in the Perth Hills and the Swan Valley.
Roger Modolo of Canvass Fine Arts at 703 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park, frames her paintings (9362 4136).
All images are copyright and may not be downloaded or reproduced without the written permission of the artist.
greeting cards - postcards - gift wrap
All images are copyright and may not be downloaded or reproduced without the written permission of the artist.
contact
For further enquiries, to purchase cards or to commission artwork,
please contact Jan on 08 9574 6671 or 0408 024 854, or by
email.
