Jan Wiesner

Selected Works

It Was the Greatest Thrift Store Find of all Time . . . Mother Nature’s Purse and it Still Had The Natural World Spilling Out!

North, South, East, West . . . The Sisters Flew the Nest Towards Their Futures Leaving the Youngest Without Her Coordinates

She Didn’t Know What to do With The Dragon in Her Life, So She Took it For a Walk and Thought They Were Both Better Off for it

Spring Sitting Upon Her Throne Awaiting Her Time . . . And, Not Patiently

At Least Twice a Day She Achieved Flight

Godiva Juggling Clothing Choices, And We All Know How That Turned Out

Got a Minute? Why, yes! She Had Them All!

Her Bed Took Her Out to the Flower Children and She Found Them to Be Wild

Her Bed Took Her Sailing Last Night with her Ralph Lauren Nautical Striped Comforter

Her Bed Took Her to the Deep Blue Sea Where Her Fish Swam Free

Her Bed Took Her to the Flower Garden and the Bee Thought She Was Sweet

Her Bed Took Her to the Forest Where the Bears Gave Her a Ride

Her Recent Growth Spurt Left Her Wondering if She Could Still Be Called Thumbelina

Her Stars Would Guarentee a Wish-Fulfilled Dream

Instead of Roses She Cultivated Dandelions - It Was So Much Easier

It Was a Delightful Fish Story That Carried Her Away

It Was Easy to be Balanced With a Little Help From Friends

Juggling Fiction and Non-Fiction, Wishing All of Life Could Be So Easily Categorized

Life Became a Circus When One Pandemic Pup Grew to Three, but it Was Her Circus!

Need More Time? She Can Delay it as Much as You Want

Poseiden's Daughter Offered Safe Haven From the Ever Warming Seas

Sailing Across the Chapter Searching for the End of The Story

She Always Dreamed of Sailing Away Yet Was Having Second Thoughts

She Believed in Magic and Was Willing to Wait for It

She Didn't Know What to Do With the Dragon in Her Life So She Took It For a Walk and Thought They Were Both Better For It

She Dreamt of Flying Away, But Not Like This

She Resisted Starting Her Own Family Tree

She Was Excited to Save Time Until She Realized That Many People Saved Time and Did So with Far Less Drama

She Was Raising Her to Take Care of Nature

She Was Ready to Pass Out Dreams to the Deserving

She Was Use to People Misplacing Minutes and Ignoring Seconds . . . But Was Astounded That She Was Finding Whole Hours That Were Lost

Small Joy

The Elephant in the Room Was Ruining Her Luncheon Party

The Reading Tree Sent Many Imaginations Flying Offering Solace and Adventure

The Seasons...They Each Thought They Were the Most Important Part of the Life Cycle and they were Probably Right

The Sisters Armed Themselves As They Were Protectors of the Environment

There's the Catch! She was Searching for Mr. Right and Her Child was Helping Hook Him

They Crowned Her Queen of Swans Not for Her Youthful Hope but Because of Her Rage - In Honor of Greta

They Sailed Across the Chapter Seeking the End of The Story

They Tried to Tango but Ended Up in a Tangle

Wasting Time Was Regretful, But They Knew They Would Not Remember it in the Morning

What Had Happened to Her Sweet Children...The Older They Got the More She Thought of Them as Changlings

When Disbelief Pushed Back Upon Belief and Neither Won

When Finding Down Time She Tried to Make Good Use of It

When Words and Magic Were the Same

Yesterday Time Flew

 

Biography

After receiving her BFA from the University of Cincinnati, Jan Wiesner has spent most of her life teaching art a nd putting the love of creation back into her community. Her works have a distinct, ethereal atmosphere that instantly transports the viewer directly into the scene. Each work is crafted with an overarching theme and storyline into a collection, although they can also easily stand alone. Often these stories explore the many fairytales within our culture that affect women. Her pieces reflect the distortion between societal expectations and reality, as well as emotional responses that are often concealed . These sculptures embody both the natural and unnatural aspects of our lives.