Mancos Public Library Presents
Artist Jan Wright's 
Encounters with Nature
Reading & Book Signing
October 8, 2 to 4 p.m.

Mancos watercolor artist Jan Wright displays original paintings and prints of illustrations from her book 'Encounters with Nature ~ An Artist's Spiritual Awakening' along with a book signing and reading on October 8, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Mancos Public Library.

'Encounters with Nature' consists of 25 short stories of Jan's amazing experiences with animals, birds, butterflies, stones, and trees. Each story is illustrated by her watercolor paintings. Writing from her journals during the pandemic, Jan came to realize how these encounters opened her to a deeper wisdom, filling her life with magic.

Besides currently displaying at Artisans of Mancos, Jan has had over forty one-woman shows in southwest Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas. She exhibited watercolors of Mesa Verde for six years at Far View Lodge's lounge and locally had art shows at Cortez Cultural Center, Mancos Visitors Center, The Farm Bistro, Olio of Mancos, Cortez Public Library, Mancos Public Library, Southwest Memorial Hospital, Mancos Valley Clinic, and St. Barnabas Church.

Jan's Luminaria Night Magic image, displayed at the library, was adopted by Mesa Verde's Dark Night Sky program. It illustrates one of the many extraordinary experiences she had as a Mesa Verde Volunteer and Artist in Residence there.

Her exhibit at Mancos Public Library shows through October. More of her work may be seen at Artisans of Mancos and www.JanWrightWatercolors.com.
 
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