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Jan Anders Nelson
@janandersnelson.bsky.social
I am classically trained with a Master of Art from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. My work spans photography, drawing, painting and printmaking, the subjects are narrative, a storyboard of the persons and places in my life.
Snow bouquet
February 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Things Go Better"
Graphite & pastel on Strathmore 500 Bristol, 1976
January 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Graphite on rag, of an old photograph depicting my parents as newlyweds, working on top of Mt. Brown, Glacier National Park as fire watch lookouts. They shared their love of the natural world with me.
January 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Just like Rudy
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Six Degrees"
Graphite on Strathmore 500 Bristol

This drawing from a snapshot taken by my brother-in-law of Connie (left-to-right), me and sister Mari at the Broadway cast party, Crystal Room, Tavern on the Green, opening night, "Six Degrees of Separation"
January 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"First Steps"
Prismacolor pencil on rag

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January 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Connie, Janet & Jorge"
Graphite on Strathmore 500 Bristol, 1975

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December 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
"Out to Lunch"
Pencil, pastel on Strathmore 500 Bristol, 1977
December 21, 2024 at 11:16 PM
"It's JC Penney Days"
Graphite on Strathmore 500 Bristol, 1974

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December 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
"Jorge & the U-Haul Trailer"
Oil on canvas

It will travel to Zaragosa to participate in the XVIII Edition of the contemporary realist art exhibition, "Something More Than Realism…", which will be held from January 7 to February 8, 2025, at the Agrupación Artística Aragonesa Gallery in Zaragoza.
December 14, 2024 at 4:46 PM
This little painting is hanging at the European Museum of Midern Art in Barcelona until January 26th, 2025.

"Morning Dew, Blue Hydrangea" 20cm X 20cm on Artefex panel, 2024
December 13, 2024 at 2:52 PM
"Memories of the Andaman Sea"
Oil on canvas, on cradled birch panel
11" X 14"

From a photograph I captured while kayaking in the islands near Phuket, Thailand with Connie over a decade ago. This image while in a cave. I needed to paint something simple following some eye surgery.
December 11, 2024 at 12:06 AM
"New York Dolls"
November 13, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Waning Gibbous, 96% visible, August 3rd

Nikon D850
DX crop, 1800mm
ISO 140, 1/30 sec F13
Sigma 150-600mm
Sigma 2.0 Tele Converter
Tripod
Remote via Snapbridge
August 4, 2023 at 6:15 AM
"Portal"

Barcelona, 2020

Walking near the port when visiting Barcelona to attend the opening of an art exhibit at the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) where one of my paintings was hanging. The contrast of antiquity of a doorway covered in contemporary graffiti attracted me.

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August 2, 2023 at 12:15 AM