Pastel, charcoal and ink, encaustic or oilstick on rag paper.
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Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 4
THE THREE HANDS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rough rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 6
AGAPE
2025
pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and color pencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 8
CLARION
2024
pastel, ink, and color pencil on rag paper
22 x 30 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 10
RAVELING
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work Pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 12
PIECES
2025
Pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, pastel, and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 14
SENSING
2024
charcoal, pastel, and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 23.75 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 16
SEE SAW #1 View
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work: #1 View
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 18
SEE SAW #2 View
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work: #2 View

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 20
SINGING IN THE DARK
2025
Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 22
UPENDED
2025
Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 24
ENTRANCE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

"Entrance" was completed in the fall of 2021, after the smaller "Mourning Dove Series."
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 26
FOUNDLING
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 28
THE FLOOD
2018
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 30
THE BIG WATER
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 32
RISK
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
Revised from 2022
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 34
HYENA IN A GARDEN
2013
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in The Animals Look Back at Us, The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, and The Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, 2013.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 36
BALANCE
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 38
HOTBED IN THE COOL STREAM
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 40
DEALT
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 42
WATER MYSTERY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 44
THE MYSTERY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 46
ALLUVIAL
2019
pastel, ink, charcoal and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 48
THE BEE CALLER
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

"The Bee Caller" was completed in the fall of 2021, after the smaller "Mourning Dove Series."
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 50
THE SPOON CATCHERS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 52
PRECARIOUS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 54
WE WERE LOST
2018
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

One of four works on paper from Series: Remembrance Day for Lost Species 2018.... ONCA, Brighton, United Kingdom.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel. ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 56
ANIMALS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
2016
pastel. ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

Private Collection
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 58
TANTALIZE
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 60
VOYAGE II
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 62
HOOVED DREAM
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Private Collection

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 64
RABBIT REVERIE
2016
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, gouache and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 66
THE TEN WINGS
1995
pastel, gouache and charcoal on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Collection: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 68
MYSTERY MEETING
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #12: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 70
CONFLUENCE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #13: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, oilstick, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 72
ARK ANGELS
2020
pastel, ink, colorpencil, oilstick, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 74
THE CRICKET AT NIGHT
2024
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Cricket Series #2

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 76
RESCUE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #15: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 78
THE VINE MOON
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #16: variations from experiences with two mourning doves when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 80
WATER COURSE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #17: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 82
SWIMMING DOVES - Mourning Dove Series #3
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #3: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 84
ABODE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #18: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 86
SEEING DOVES - Mourning Dove Series #1
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #1: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 88
CANOPY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Smaller Work: Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 90
FATHOMS
2019
pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 92
MEETING
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 94
GENIE
2015
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 96
LUNA
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75

Animals in the Anthropocene
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 98
FLEDGLINGS - Mourning Dove Series #4
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #4: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on lavis fidelis rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 100
CIRCULUS
2019
pastel, ink, and charcoal on lavis fidelis rag paper
53 x 39 inches

larger painting
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on lavis fidelis rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 102
HELLO AND GOODBYE
2017
pastel and ink on lavis fidelis rag paper
52 x 39 inches

larger painting

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 104
INTERPOLATION
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #14: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 106
THE SIMPLE DREAM
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #20: variations from experiences with two mourning doves when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 108
CODA
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 110
THE WHITE WOLF
2020
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 112
OTHERWISE OTTER
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 114
VERNAL
2020
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 116
SHADOW SUITE
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, pastel, ink, and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 118
SELF SIMILAR
2019
charcoal, pastel, ink, and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 120
NIGHT CAT WITH FOLIAGE FUR (diptych)
2013
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 122
BEAUTY LOOKING BACK (diptych)
2013
charcoal, pastel and ink on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 124
ENCOUNTER
2019
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 126
THE GIFT
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 128
THE BEAUTIFUL PROTECTORS
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 130
GREETING
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 132
THE INDIGO CAT
2017
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 134
FERAL ANGELS
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 136
TRIPLE SPHYNX
2015
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of Smaller Work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 138
LEAP CHING
1997
pastel on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

Published on the cover of Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth, Laurel Kearns & Catherine Keller, Fordham Press, 2007

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 140
CATS IN LOVE
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Private Collection
Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 142
CALL
2018
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 144
TRIPLE INSTINCT
2015
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 146
EYE SEEDS
2013
pastel and ink on rag paper
34.25 x 44 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 148
THE BLUE WALL
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and colorpencil on lavis fidelis paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 150
APOTHEO
1993
pastel and colorpencil on lavis fidelis paper
34 x 45.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 152
THE WHITE CAT
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 154
ANIMALS ENTERING THE NEW LAND
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 156
LUST LAIR
1993
pastel and colorpencil on rag paper
30.25 x 22.25 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 158
LAGOON
2016
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 160
RAFT
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 162
THE GARDEN OF PHYLOGENY
2013
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 164
THE GENE POOL
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 166
SAVANT
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 168
APOSTROPHE
2011
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Private Collection
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 170
CHUFF AND ROLL OVER
1997
pastel and charcoal on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 172
CHAOSMOS
2000
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, oilstick and pastel on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 174
INSTINCT DREAM
1998
charcoal, oilstick and pastel on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 176
WATER PULSE
2000
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 178
GERONCIA
1999
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 180
PANTHEA
2014
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, oilstick, and colorpencil on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 182
FAMILIAR (diptych)
2013
pastel, ink, oilstick, and colorpencil on rag paper
20 x 24.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 184
PREMONITION (diptych)
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches
JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and oilstick on lavis fidelis paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 186
SHAKER
1999
pastel and oilstick on lavis fidelis paper
34 x 45.25 inches

Exhibited in Animal.Anima.Animus, Pori Art Museum, Finland, and MoMA, PS1, New York, NY.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal and pastel on rag paper
Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work , article artwork image 188
BOLO CHING
1995
charcoal and pastel on rag paper
44.75 x 35.5 inches
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