Chrysalis Cards and Papillon Posters

From having studied with a Hopi trained shaman for several years and loving the Four Corners’ desert land and Native culture, often myths, night time scenes, Kachinas, Spirits, and petroglyph images take form through Jan’s visionary paintings. One almost feels the presence of ancient beings reaching out to us.

Jan’s recent Four Directions Series came from a message received in prayer within her underground kiva. Though the paintings are watercolor, added elements make it mixed media. The North has crystals; the East has butterflies and dragonflies; the South has snakeskin; and the West has raven feathers. These images have been printed in cards.

Jan's growing up in Texas, living 25 years in Utah and enjoying camping and hiking in the deserts and mountains there, and now having lived 4 years in spectacular northern New Mexico has touched her artistic soul to bring out the best of Southwest Landscapes.

Jan’s very successful Canyon Narrows draw the eye of the viewer into the scene, leaving a curiosity of what’s around the next bend. Recent Canyon Narrows have spirit images emerging from stone or reflection. She expresses Fifth Universe energies ~ that of manifesting Spirit in the physical ~ through her watercolor paintings. The graded washes of sky and water reflections contrast to the dramatic cliffs and canyon walls.

• View Cards in The Canyon Narrows Series to purchase

• View Paintings in The Canyon Narrows Series to purchase

Being deeply involved in a Healing Circle and Spiritual Peace Making, Jan feels strongly about honoring the holiday spirit. By honoring our ancestors and traditions, we open to the wonder of who we are and where we came from.

From the Chrysalis comes the Butterfly (Papillon) to dry its wings and take flight. Early in Jan’s art career, she printed three images of her paintings: Delicate Arch in the Snow, As the Pueblo Wakes, and Moonrise over Walpi.  Now these are available in poster form and therefore less expensive. The Kiva Ladder poster announced her ‘Windows ~ Watercolors by Jan Wright’ Exhibit at Edge of the Cedars Museum in Blanding, Utah in ’95. ‘Coyote Tosses the Stars’ is a small, colorful poster sold at her exhibit ‘Sky in Motion ~ Etched in Stone (artistic expressions of archaeoastronomy)’ which toured Utah in ’99 and ’00.

Signed posters vary in price as to how they are ordered. If a poster is rolled in a tube, it costs $22, plus shipping and handling. If a poster is shrink-wrapped on foam core backing, total cost is $40 per poster.