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Heritage Designer JansenArt Educational System
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Chevalier David Jansen MDA HD Websites
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David started painting in the early 70's while in high school. After college he worked in the family business for 18 years before he and his wife Martha started the Jansen Art Studio in 1997. He received his CDA in 1987 and his MDA in 1990. He has also been honored with the Gold Medal from the Korean Decorative Painters and "knighted" with the title "Chevalier" by France's Order of Lafayette, for his work in the Decorative Arts. In 2002 David and Martha moved from California to Pennsylvania where they currently building a new studio. In 2002 David joined with DecoArt Inc. to produce a high quality new generation acrylic called JansenArt Traditions. David and Martha travel extensively teaching an average of 200 days a year in over 14 different countries. In 2005 they started Jansen Studio Productions with their daughter Jessica which produces educational DVD's and CD's in various languages for a wide variety of artists and are distributed in over 40 countries. |
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David Jansen's Heritage Teacher Thesis Painting Study of Abraham Mignon This is David Jansen's Thesis painting. The painting is 32 inches wide and 24 inches high. It features many of the elements from the Dutch Masters. The Thesis however is an in-depth study of Abraham Mignon. Migonon was a student of the famous Jan de Heem. Mignon died at the age of 39, but before his death he showed the world how he mastered the brush. The painting took 3 weeks to complete and follows the Flemish layering technique studied in module D, with some variations. It contains several allegorical elements. The medium is canvas mounted on masonite and Traditions Global colors. David traveled and photograph several of Mignon's works in 2007 in Paris, France, to use as reference for this thesis. Excerpt from David Jansen's Thesis The painting itself is done in many stages and layers. Mignon believed in a very accurate under painting followed by transparent layers of colors laid on top of the painting allowing the under painting to always show through. Like his teacher de Heem, Mignon would allow the back portions of the painting to remain in grey tones which increased the kracht of the painting. This philosophy was later perfected by Jan van Huysum. The key to the depth in Mignon's technique is not only establishing chiaroscuro but also the use of houding and kracht and penselwerk. These Dutch techniques were essential elements during the Dutch mannerism period.
In this example I used lost and found edges to create a movement of the eye from front left to back right. If you look at the back edge of the table you will see that it is "blurred" or lost on the left side while more distinct on the back right side. This is necessary to pull the viewer's eye to the right while also allowing the addition of some detail to the wren and wall shelf. This is something that an artist would not "see" in a set-up but uses the rules of formal art to control the viewer's eye and their movement through the painting. Mignon would use these concepts in all his paintings to control the viewers eye. This was especially important on large very complex paintings that contained numerous design elements.
The 28 page thesis will be published in 2008. |
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Stage 1 Grisaille Painting Greys Traditions used as Acrylics |
Stage 2 Warm Grisaille Added Traditions used as Acrylics |
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Stage 3 Warm Colors Added Traditions used as Globals |
Stage 4 Cool Colors Added Traditions used as Globals |
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Mignon Style Taught in 2007
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Jan van Huysum Style Taught in 2006
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