Jan Vermilya
Jan Vermilya has been expressing herself creatively since early childhood. She pursued a medical career, but art has been her avocation.
She started with Sumi-e (Oriental brush painting with hand-ground inks and rice paper) and transitioned to Western-style watercolors. She showed and sold her work throughout Virginia and North Carolina before moving to Florida.
Now retired, she feels that “fun” is a workshop or a painting session either indoors or “en plein aire” with friends.
These days, she’s painting using acrylics or water-soluble oil paints on canvas, as well as watercolors on paper or canvas. She’s also exploring soft pastels on sanded paper.
Her works run from 2” by 3” miniatures to 20” by 24” works (unframed).
She’s a member, by invitation, of three international miniature society competitions in Washington, D.C.; Dunedin, Fla.; and Paola, Kan.
She consistently has won awards from the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.; and in the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s annual exhibits.
She loves commission assignments and will paint on anything that doesn’t run away, including furniture, statuary, tiles, and wall murals. Pet portraits are a specialty.
She is affiliated with the Brick City Gallery in Ocala, the Dunedin Fine Arts Center, the Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art in Dunedin, and the Miami County Historical Museum in Paola, Kan.
Jan invites you to visit her Facebook page.
She feels her pieces reflect her love of humanity and nature, and she hopes you are touched in some way by her art.
She started with Sumi-e (Oriental brush painting with hand-ground inks and rice paper) and transitioned to Western-style watercolors. She showed and sold her work throughout Virginia and North Carolina before moving to Florida.
Now retired, she feels that “fun” is a workshop or a painting session either indoors or “en plein aire” with friends.
These days, she’s painting using acrylics or water-soluble oil paints on canvas, as well as watercolors on paper or canvas. She’s also exploring soft pastels on sanded paper.
Her works run from 2” by 3” miniatures to 20” by 24” works (unframed).
She’s a member, by invitation, of three international miniature society competitions in Washington, D.C.; Dunedin, Fla.; and Paola, Kan.
She consistently has won awards from the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.; and in the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s annual exhibits.
She loves commission assignments and will paint on anything that doesn’t run away, including furniture, statuary, tiles, and wall murals. Pet portraits are a specialty.
She is affiliated with the Brick City Gallery in Ocala, the Dunedin Fine Arts Center, the Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art in Dunedin, and the Miami County Historical Museum in Paola, Kan.
Jan invites you to visit her Facebook page.
She feels her pieces reflect her love of humanity and nature, and she hopes you are touched in some way by her art.