Jan is that first grader you knew who bumped into chairs on the way to reading group because she was busy looking at clouds through the transom window. Over fifteen years as a single mother working full time she somehow stumbled her way through Cal State Hayward where she graduated with high honors. Then the School of the Art Institute of Chicago awarded her a complete scholarship to earn an MFA in Printmaking.

For the wonderful training received, Jan is happy to have been able to give back, because along with a highly productive studio practice, she worked both an arts teacher and arts administrator in the California Prison system.

Her photos, drawings and artist books have been shown internationally and she has been honored with Artist Residencies at Blue Mountain Center in New York, Ucross in Wyoming, Hypatia-in-the-Woods in Shelton, WA and Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA. She has received awards and grants from the California Arts Council, the Alameda County Arts Commission and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Currently she maintains a small studio in Port Angeles. Jan is active in the Book Arts Guild in Seattle and the Puget Sound Book Artists in Tacoma. She serves on the board of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Her art influences are Kathe Kollwitz, Artemesia Gentileschi, and Anonymous from the cave wall tradition.