RMSBA Gallery Featuring Jan Boyd Haring

Friday, November 4, 2011

Image Gallery

Phalaenopsis ‘Ching Ann Princess’, Orchid, watercolor on paper

Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia, Mountain Alder, watercolor and colored pencil on paper

Populus tremuloides, Early Aspen, watercolor on paper

Colorado Pinecones, watercolor on paper

Castilleja miniata, Scarlet Paintbrush with Arenaria fendleri,

Fendler’s Sandwort, watercolor on paper

Lavandula spica, Lavender, watercolor and colored pencil on paper

Aquilegia barnebyi, Barneby's Columbine, watercolor on paper

Beet-O-Rific, watercolor on paper

Populus ×acuminata, Lanceleaf Cottonwood, watercolor on paper

Tradescantia occidentalis, Western Spiderwort, watercolor and colored pencil on paper

Scarlet Paintbrush with Tumbleweed, Shield Lichen and Ebony Sedge, watercolor on paper

About the Artist

Jan Boyd Haring is a life long artist devoted to nature. Now retired from a twenty-three year career in the Information Technology industry, she has fulfilled her goal to be an artist full time. Within Information Technology, she was a project manager, support engineer, as well as team lead of a global service desk for Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies.Previously a landscape painter utilizing watercolors and oils, she graduated from the Denver Botanic Gardens Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program in 2006. She is currently creating botanical illustrations primarily in watercolor and colored pencil.

“I strive to create scientifically accurate, artistically correct botanical illustrations using the details, light and colors necessary, while expanding my own knowledge of plants with each and every subject. The process of creating a botanical plate is a challenging and rewarding experience for me.”

In 2007, Jan was a recipient of an American Society of Botanical Artists Education Grant.The goal was to create a brochure of roadside wildflowers specific to Colorado’s South Park Basin, while promoting the art of botanical illustration. The brochure has since been distributed to the traveling public for their reference and enjoyment.

Jan received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Northern Arizona, and has attended classes at the School of the Art Institute at Chicago. Her work is in numerous private collections and has been the recipient of several awards in juried shows.

Selected Affiliations

Member: American Society of Botanical Artists
Chapter Secretary Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists, and participant of RMSBA exhibits 2006-2011
Denver Botanic Gardens and participant in DBG exhibits 2005-2010
Board Member of the American Society of Botanical Artists
Involved in the Colorado Native Plant Society rare plant monitoring directed by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Member, organizing committee for the ASBA Conference Denver, 2014
Member of the committee for Rare II, a continuing exhibit of Colorado Rare Plants – goal 2014