Yuan Wen and Jan Jensen are having a joint exhibition at the Hearth Gallery in Snug Cove.
Come by and see how these two artists express their passion and creativity with their own individuality. Yuan Wen’s fascination with the interconnectedness and microstructures in nature inspired her to explore the organic complexity of our world. Yuan’s goal is to create a visual metaphor for experiences, memories and our environment’s connection through art.
Yuan grew up surrounded by Chinese brush painting, influencing her early life and introducing her to the beauty of nature and traditional art forms. She has a background in graphic and game design and a degree in Fine Arts from Emily Carr University.
Yuan decided to use her artistic expression by combining both her Eastern and Western influences together. Yuan focuses on printmaking, drawing and mixed media, adding texture and patterns to her work creating fluidity and motion reflecting her subject’s organic and evolving nature.
Both artists’ work aligns well with themes of interconnectedness, time and space. Yuan’s work is grounded in natural microstructures and traditional techniques, while Jan Jensen’s work channels energy and communal landscapes. Together their pieces create a dynamic dialogue.
Jan Jensen’s passion for art started as a child but her family thought artistic endeavours were not considered career worthy, so she became a teacher. However her passion for art only grew, so she decided to leave her career as a teacher to pursue her art education.
After Jan Jensen finished her studies in Fine Art at the University of the Fraser Valley, she also completed a year-long course at the Banff Centre focusing on Visual Art. During that year she was introduced to installation art, saying it changed her life.
Jan draws inspiration from the resilience of the human spirit as well as that of the natural world. During the Covid lockdown of 2020 Jan Jensen was inspired to think more deeply about the flow of energy, specifically the pros and cons of being separated from one another and our community. She is focusing right now on using soft pastels, acrylics and collages on raw canvas.
The exhibit is now open and runs through Monday, December 2. An Artist Party with Wen and Jensen takes place on Saturday, November 23 from 6 to 8 pm
