JAN MCCARTHY ART
I like to view the abstract part of life through art.
Each piece that I paint is inspired by real life visuals, infused with multiple layers of varying materials to create texture and possibility. My signature style of intuitive painting includes abstracts, figure painting, and landscapes. I mostly use a color palate that excites the imagination, creating a luxurious blend of white and beige to present a calm escape and thoughtful reflection, or incorporate black and other dark meaningful colors to respect the elegance and mystery life has to offer. Occasionally I will pop out a bit of color in my paintings and sometimes challenge myself to go beyond my comfort zone and embrace many colors in all their glory. The art often tells the untold story of a single thought, simple in its first impression, yet complex when viewed in its entirety.
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“Don't Box Me In”
Don't play it safe. Don't settle for ordinary walls. Refuse to be contained. This striking 36×36" original is for spaces (and people) that demand more. Ready to hang, impossible to ignore.
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Mixed Media on Canvas
24" x 36", 3" Deep, Unframed
“Art Is…”
… open to interpretation.
I couldn’t have predicted that one day I would be making art, creating retreats. designing an interesting life, traveling all over the world (when covid isn’t a factor!) and hanging out with the best family and friends.
The other thing I couldn’t have predicted was a broken and I don’t mean from love.
Twenty four years ago I had really mild symptoms that made me think I had walking pneumonia. I reluctantly went the Dr. and only because i thought they would give me an antibiotic.
After many tests, they discovered I had a 95% closed left anterior descending artery. If I had waited any longer I would have probably been dead in a couple of days. I was only 43 years old. They put a stent in my artery and saved my life. Since then I’ve had 3 more big scares and needed a full scraping and 2 more stents. I’m doing fine and part of that reason is because I know what to look for now.
Heart disease is the number one killer of women. I want to help women be more aware of the dangers and the signs. I have created a collection of 28 pieces called “ART 4 the HEart” and it will go on sale FEB 1st. People on my mailing list (link in bio) will get first viewing and option to purchase. When you buy one of these pieces, you might just be helping to save a heart, including your own. I will be donating 25% of the proceeds to the Heart Aasociation. Each piece is mixed media on wood, 4” x 4”.
Mixed Media on Textural Paper
4.25" x 6.25”, Framed in Pebbled Faux Shagreen, 7" x 8.5” with Frame
“Reading In The Rain”
The clack of the spiral staircase. The pitter of the rain. The novel is almost over, but you’ll be living in the stories for weeks.
BETWEEN SILENCE AND STONE
This work draws from a landscape where light bleaches walls to bone and time leaves its record in plaster, stone and dust. Layered surfaces echo hand-built architecture, worn passage-ways, and the quiet geometry of places shaped by sun and centuries of movement. Every alleyway and cobblestone path mark moments as though there is no beginning and no end. Arched doorways look towards the sun or fall to shadows that call out for a moment to pause or leave remnants of past journeys, prayers and daily rituals. An enduring place with ancient history that pays homage to what came before and holds you in quiet observation as you forge your own path into the future.
Mixed Media on Canvas
16" x 20”, Framed
Mixed Media on Canvas
24” x 24”, Unframed
"Mayhem in the Medina"
I recently hosted a workshop in Marrakech and our trip into the Medina was nothing short of amazing, crazy and wild! It took about five trips somewhere before you felt comfortable finding your way back and everywhere you turned, there were sights and sounds that captured your imagination!
ART 4 the HE(ART)
Hearts Held Together
ART 4 the HE(ART)
“Broken Hearts Mend”, Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas, 38” x 58” x 1.5” , $2,500.00
This piece from my Art 4 the HE(ART) collection, a cause near and dear to my heart based on my own experience with heart disease, showcases a heart in bloom, but like heart disease, often called the silent killer, you may have to look closely to truly see all of the details of the heart.
48" x 60" mixed media, texture, stretched canvas, unframed.
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Vibrant pink, lucious green and just a touch of white for emphasis make this abstract piece stand out and capture our imagination as we look beyond the layers of paint to discover a flower maybe? or a heart or two? In the end, this art is a lot like heart disease which is often hidden with symptoms that are vague and abstract. Mixed media on canvas board, 14” x 18” unframed. 30% of proceeds for this piece sold in FEB 2026 go towards raising awareness of heart disease in women.
Beyond Endurance
This beautiful mixed media painting named “UNDERWATER” with variations of green, blue, yellow and black on wood invites us underwater to go deeper and explore the deeper meanings of the life we can’t always see.
Dimensions are 55” x 21” x 1”
$1,499.00 + shipping
Mixed Media on canvas
16” x 20”, Framed in Black, 22.5” x 18.5” Framed
“Cuckoo Bird”
What a glow up. Ready for the soirée. He knows the password.
Mixed Media on Canvas
4.5' x 6', Unframed
"Freedom"
Floating wishes open all POSSIBILITIES.
Mixed Media on Canvas
18" x "24 x 3", Unframed
“Edge Of Night”
The sharp night takes over the city as the buildings shimmer in reflections of the day before.
Ummmm, do you have yours yet?
This really cute, unique, one of a kind, painted bag for all the cool things.
6" x 7.5", gold zipper and black ribbon or tassel.
Bags are ever changing, therefore artist selection.
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Mixed Media on Wood Panel
12" x 12”, Framed in Maple, 13" x 13” with Frame
“LET’S BE RANDOM”
Take a chance, jump on the train, go somewhere very far, do something for the novelty of it. Absurd or mundane, when you’re not planning it, life is an adventure.
Mixed Media on Canvas
40" x 60" Unframed
Featured in Darling Magazine, Issue No. 12
Mixed Media on Canvas
16” x 20”, Framed in Painted Wood, Black, 18.5” x 22.5” with Frame
"Ready, Set, Go"
The name speaks for itself.
Mixed Media on Wood
12” x 12” x 2”, Unframed
“Blurred Vision”
Sometimes you don’t need to see clearly to get the picture. Let it come together slowly.
Mixed Media on Canvas
16” x 20”, Framed in Black, 18.25” x 22.25” with Frame
“Looking Back”
Worthwhile but don’t linger. See how far you’ve come. You’ve known this path all along.
Mixed Media on canvas, 8” x 8”
This piece is part of a collection of “For The HeARTof It” created to bring awareness to cardiovascular disease, especially from women. I speak from the heart, because at age 43 I had a 95% closed left anterior descending artery. My symptoms were mild, a little pressure on my chest after moderate exercise, light perspiration, tired. I thought I had walking pneumonia. I didn’t. fortuantely I went in just in time to get a stent. Now I have three. Please pay attetnion to symptoms, no matter how mild. 10% of all proceeds will be doanted to the American Heart Association for any art sold from the “For The HeART of it” collection.
BRUSHES
Vibrant pink, lucious green and just a touch of white for emphasis make this abstract piece stand out and capture our imagination as we look beyond the layers of paint to discover a flower maybe? or a heart or two? In the end, this art is a lot like heart disease which is often hidden with symptoms that are vague and abstract. Mixed media on canvas board, 14” x 18” unframed. 30% of proceeds for this piece sold in FEB 2026 go towards raising awareness of heart disease in women.
Vibrant pink, lucious green and just a touch of white for emphasis make this abstract piece stand out and capture our imagination as we look beyond the layers of paint to discover a flower maybe? or a heart or two? In the end, this art is a lot like heart disease which is often hidden with symptoms that are vague and abstract. Mixed media on canvas board, 14” x 18” unframed. 30% of proceeds for this piece sold in FEB 2026 go towards raising awareness of heart disease in women.
Vibrant pink, lucious green and just a touch of white for emphasis make this abstract piece stand out and capture our imagination as we look beyond the layers of paint to discover a flower maybe? or a heart or two? In the end, this art is a lot like heart disease which is often hidden with symptoms that are vague and abstract. Mixed media on canvas board, 14” x 18” unframed. 30% of proceeds for this piece sold in FEB 2026 go towards raising awareness of heart disease in women.
Painted Towers
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 25", Acrylic Base
“Outside Boundaries”
Go forth!
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 23", Acrylic Base
“Impossible Dreams”
Don’t listen to the naysayers.
Mixed Media on Wood, Acrylic Base
4” x 4” 20"
“Small But Mighty”
It’s all about the vantage point.
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 30", Acrylic Base
“Imagination”
Think of the possibilities!
4” x 4” x 19", Mixed Media on Wood
“We All Need a Song”
Put one in your heart. Pull it out for happy times and special memories.
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 12”, Acrylic Base
“Ode to Joy”
Oh what a song! Jubilee!!! Joy is the most vulnerable to experience freely. Spread it, share it, sing it!!!
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 28", Acrylic Base
“Higher Learning”
Towering to greater heights.
Mixed Media on Wood
4” x 4” x 19", Acrylic Base
“It’s Complicated”
Can you find the story? Among all the messages? It’s something new now.
4” x 4” x 10", Mixed Media on Wood, Acrylic Base
“The Power of Pink”
Harness it.
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Photographs by Jessie Webster