Monroe Art League
Jan Van Houten -- Acrylics, Mixed Media
About the Artist
JAN
VAN HOUTEN has been
painting for twenty plus
years. She originally attended
Cleary College to pursue
a career as a Medical Secretary.
However,
the tide turned
and she ended up with a
"degree in husbandry" and
intense child-care development.
Married, and with her husband,
Jan raised six children who
developed their own skills.
(Her
brushes were set aside until
years later).
All
of her children are college
graduates and scattered all
over the country.
Jan eventually enrolled
in many art classes of various
avenues, settled with
China Painting and played with
oils, acrylics, & watercolors.
Art is a passion, whether it is
with a brush or enjoying it
in it’s many forms.
Encouraged at an early
age by her father, and an art
teacher, she kept up the interest
and has fun with shapes & colors.
Being a member of the
Monroe Art League has been
a time of growth & adventure
that she hopes will continue
for a long time.
