Jan Lis

Jan fills her children's books with reality based themes, and positive values. She paints word pictures to produce colorful backgrounds, and rich imagery for her for her spunky characters. She illustrates her stories with the same qualities she brings to her fine art paintings, infusing each illustration with vivid color and light.Jan Lis is an established artist who has exhibited and won awards in many of the country's top Annual Exhibitions including: The Butler Institute of American Art, the San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Piedmont Biennial at the Mint Museum. She is represented in corporate and private collections including: the State of Florida Art In Public Buildings Program, the Brevard County Florida Art In Public Places Program, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.Jan attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, has a degree from Ohio University's School of Fine Art, and took post-graduate Janwriting at Case-Western Reserve. She established her writing as a journalist contributing articles to publications such as the Miami Herald, and the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, and worked as Fine Arts Editor and Columnist for the Florida Arts Gazette