Jan Walker-Roenisch - Artist Info

About Jan Walker-Roenisch

  • Biography

    As a teenager, Jan sold her first portraits of Pop stars to a music magazine in California. While attending Prescott College in Arizona, majoring in Scientific Illustration and photography, Jan illustrated Ornithology research papers as well as a few books.

    After graduation, Jan worked for the Forest Service in Arizona and in the back country around Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In 1980, Jan and her husband Rich, a sculptor, moved near Longview, Alberta.

    Jan has been painting commissioned portraits, mostly in oils, primarily of horses, for over 40 years. She also does some 3-dimensional bronzes. Over the years, Jan has had several pieces in the Calgary Stampede Art Auction.

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