Artist
Jan's art explores colour and light and her paintings always reflect these themes. Her original art and prints have sold world-wide. She participated in Oxfordshire Artweeks for over thirty years and has established herself as a professional artist alongside a career as a businesswoman and author.
Author
Jan was runner up at the 2017 Chipping Norton Literary Festival Short Story Competition and highly-commended in the Olga Sinclair Prize. She won the Hummer Prize for Creative Writing in 2013 with her short story "Five minutes ago." In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Wells Literature Short Story Prize and the New Writing South scheme.
Her first novel, The Seven Letters is published in 2016 and has received many of Five Star reviews on Amazon. Her second novel, The Slow Death of Maxwell Carrick, was published in 2019, and was immediately named Book of Month by The Discovering Diamonds historical fiction website.
Tutor
A creative coach, Jan’s clients have ranged in age from a ten-year-old to a gentleman of ninety-eight! Jan taught life-drawing for a number of years and ran workshops teaching the subject. She was also the sole organiser of the highly successful children’s Art Festival, Art’s Kool.
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Learn to draw and paint horses in this one day workshop led by tutor Jan Harvey
Enjoy playing around with characters, plots and language in this inspiring workshop
This farm has now been totally rebuilt but, at this point it was in a very tumbledown condition. I have actually painted this view six or seven times. It intrigues me.
Learn to draw and paint horses in this one day workshop led by tutor Jan Harvey
Artweeks 2018
And the Winner is....
This painting, 'Farm,' was won by Elaine Faulkes of Banbury who was absolutey thrilled because she says she 'never wins anything.'
Artweeks 2017
Artweeks 2017 and 'The Lees,' was won by Anne Shirley (a lovely literary name) who chose this acrylic work of Laurie Lee's home in Cider with Rosie.
Artweeks 2016
Lovely Emma Haskew won first prize in the Artweeks draw. Emma won The Red Walk which she listed as her favourite on the entry form.
The American Connection
Mike and Sally from the USA with their purchase from Madhurst Exhibition in Midhurst. 'Secret Lane' is a watercolour painting of one of the oldest streets in Midhurst.
£1,000 raised for Ele.Aid
Jan was really pleased to announce that in 2014 she raised over £1,000 for Ele.Aid a charity that rescues and cares for Asian elephants.
The Banbury Open
Jan was nominated for The Banbury Open. She was one of five artists who were short-listed. Her painting is entitled 'Outcrop' and is an homage to the Lake District and Mallam Cove both places where she spent a lot of time hill-walking.
December 2013
Paintings to Cheer People Up
Three of Jan's paintings are now on display in the Warneford Hospital, Oxford. The three very large canvases are completely different in subject, but answer the brief of being 'bright and colourful to cheer patients up.'
Allotment
Theatre-Maker Adrian Brooks from Dorchester-on-Thames, collaborated with Jan on a very special project entitled 'Allotment.' With two of Adrian's theatres displayed on the wall as a backdrop, three actors read a series of specially commissioned short stories that accompanied them.
Funds were raised for the SANDS charity and the audience feedback was wonderful.
November
2016
Book Launch
The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum was the perfect venue for the launch of The Seven Letters. There were Resistance Fighters serving drinks, 1940s lady welcoming guests and over 60 people attended.
