JAN LEDBETTER's award-winning mixed-watermedia paintings are pictorial tapestries layering observations and imagination, design elements, abstract motifs and personal symbols.

She earned her MFA from Syracuse University and is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor (NWS), Southern Watercolor (SW) and Virginia Watercolor (VWS) Societies. Recent important national and state juried exhibitions and awards include: NWS Exhibition and Travel Show 2007; NWS Exhibition, award, Travel Show, and painting used for Exhibition invitation 2006; SW Exhibitions 2008, 2007 and 2006 with awards each year; and (VWS) Exhibitions 2007 third place and 2006 second place. Her paintings have received recognition at This Century Art Gallery Member's Shows including several "Best in Show" awards. She has taught and exhibited her work for over thirty years and is represented in numerous private collections. Her paintings have been reproduced on posters for charitable events and art festivals, were featured in American Artist Watercolor Magazine, "The Joy of Paint and Paper," winter 2007, and will appear in Mary Todd Beam's new book, The Creative Edge (to be published). In March, 2009, this popular instructor will be giving a 10 day Painting Workshop/tour of Guatemala through Explore Guatemala. (www.exploreguatemala.com) Jan and her husband are avid gardeners where her love of color and texture is reflected in winding stone paths, carved arbors, and colorfully painted gates. Visit her website to see her watermedia paintings and take a photo tour of their Williamsburg garden. (www.janledbetter.com)