Jan Serr – “The Observers” (Woman with a Blue Umbrella)

Jan Serr’s first solo exhibition was in 1978, and she has been painting and making prints on a daily basis ever since.  While much of her better known work focuses on the landscape, she never stopped painting figures.  Her most recent body of work for our Summer in Wisconsin exhibition includes beach goers and sun bathers, as seen at Bradford Beach on Milwaukee’s East Side.  Intensely colored and intricately textured, this work encapsulates the view from her studio window.  We look forward to Jan Serr‘s upcoming retrospective exhibition at UW-Milwaukee’s Inova/Arts Center Gallery.  Opening September 8th, this show will contain Jan’s portraits from the last 40 years.