JAN HARRISON : Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work

THE THREE HANDS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on rough rag paper

AGAPE
2025
pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work

CLARION
2024
pastel, ink, and color pencil on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, pastel, and ink on rag paper

SENSING
2024
charcoal, pastel, and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 23.75 inches

THE GOAT
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Larger vertical work on paper

WATER PATH
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Larger work

RAVELING
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

PIECES
2025
Pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work

SEE SAW #1 View
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work: #1 View

SEE SAW #2 View
2025
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work: #2 View

SINGING IN THE DARK
2025
Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Smaller work

UPENDED
2025
Pastel and ink on rough rag paper
7 x 10.25 inches

Smaller work

ENTRANCE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

"Entrance" was completed in the fall of 2021, after the smaller "Mourning Dove Series."

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper

FOUNDLING
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

HOTBED IN THE COOL STREAM
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

RISK
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene
Revised from 2022

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper

THE FLOOD
2018
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

DEALT
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene

THE BIG WATER
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

WATER MYSTERY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

THE MYSTERY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

BALANCE
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

THE SPOON CATCHERS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

THE BEE CALLER
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

"The Bee Caller" was completed in the fall of 2021, after the smaller "Mourning Dove Series."

HYENA IN A GARDEN
2013
pastel and ink on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in The Animals Look Back at Us, The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, and The Kleinert James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, 2013.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal and colorpencil on rag paper

ALLUVIAL
2019
pastel, ink, charcoal and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

PRECARIOUS
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

WE WERE LOST
2018
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

One of four works on paper from Series: Remembrance Day for Lost Species 2018.... ONCA, Brighton, United Kingdom.

ANIMALS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
2016
pastel. ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

Private Collection

TANTALIZE
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75

Series: Animals in the Anthropocene

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, gouache and charcoal on rag paper

THE TEN WINGS
1995
pastel, gouache and charcoal on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Collection: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper

RABBIT REVERIE
2016
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 22.5 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

VOYAGE II
2024
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

HOOVED DREAM
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Private Collection

MYSTERY MEETING
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #12: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

CONFLUENCE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #13: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, oilstick, and charcoal on rag paper

ARK ANGELS
2020
pastel, ink, colorpencil, oilstick, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine

THE CRICKET AT NIGHT
2024
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
7 x 10.5 inches

Cricket Series #2

RESCUE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #15: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

THE VINE MOON
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #16: variations from experiences with two mourning doves when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

SWIMMING DOVES - Mourning Dove Series #3
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #3: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

WATER COURSE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #17: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

ABODE
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #18: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

SEEING DOVES - Mourning Dove Series #1
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #1: inspired by close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

CANOPY
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Smaller Work: Animals in the Anthropocene

FATHOMS
2019
pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

MEETING
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
22 x 30 inches

Animals in the Anthropocene

GENIE
2015
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and ink on lavis fidelis rag paper

HELLO AND GOODBYE
2017
pastel and ink on lavis fidelis rag paper
52 x 39 inches

larger painting

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, and charcoal on lavis fidelis rag paper

CIRCULUS
2019
pastel, ink, and charcoal on lavis fidelis rag paper
53 x 39 inches

larger painting

FLEDGLINGS - Mourning Dove Series #4
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #4: from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

LUNA
2022
pastel and ink on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75

Animals in the Anthropocene

INTERPOLATION
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #14: variations from close experiences with two mourning doves and their offspring, when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

THE SIMPLE DREAM
2021
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Mourning Dove Series #20: variations from experiences with two mourning doves when they nested in the third floor windowsill of our house in the spring/summer of 2021.

CODA
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

THE WHITE WOLF
2020
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine

OTHERWISE OTTER
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Exhibited in solo exhibition: ANIMULA - big little soul, 11 Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY, 2020.

VERNAL
2020
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

reworked from earlier painting during coronavirus pandemic quarantine

BEAUTY LOOKING BACK (diptych)
2013
charcoal, pastel and ink on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches

NIGHT CAT WITH FOLIAGE FUR (diptych)
2013
pastel, charcoal, and ink on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, pastel, ink, and colorpencil on rag paper

SELF SIMILAR
2019
charcoal, pastel, ink, and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

SHADOW SUITE
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

ENCOUNTER
2019
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

THE GIFT
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

THE BEAUTIFUL PROTECTORS
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

GREETING
2020
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

FERAL ANGELS
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper

THE INDIGO CAT
2017
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel on rag paper

LEAP CHING
1997
pastel on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

Published on the cover of Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth, Laurel Kearns & Catherine Keller, Fordham Press, 2007

CATS IN LOVE
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Private Collection
Series of smaller work

TRIPLE SPHYNX
2015
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of Smaller Work

CALL
2018
pastel and ink on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Exhibition installation: Love and Loss Across Species Lines: The Neuroscience of Attachment

TRIPLE INSTINCT
2015
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

THE BLUE WALL
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal, oilstick on rag paper
18.75 x 25.75 inches

THE WHITE CAT
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

ANIMALS ENTERING THE NEW LAND
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and colorpencil on lavis fidelis paper

APOTHEO
1993
pastel and colorpencil on lavis fidelis paper
34 x 45.25 inches

LAGOON
2016
pastel, ink, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

EYE SEEDS
2013
pastel and ink on rag paper
34.25 x 44 inches

APOSTROPHE
2011
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

Private Collection

THE GARDEN OF PHYLOGENY
2013
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and colorpencil on rag paper

LUST LAIR
1993
pastel and colorpencil on rag paper
30.25 x 22.25 inches

RAFT
2017
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal on rag paper

THE GENE POOL
2017
pastel, ink, colorpencil, charcoal on rag paper
7 x 10 inches

Series of smaller work

SAVANT
2015
pastel, ink, colorpencil, and charcoal on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper

CHAOSMOS
2000
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and charcoal on rag paper

CHUFF AND ROLL OVER
1997
pastel and charcoal on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal, oilstick and pastel on rag paper

INSTINCT DREAM
1998
charcoal, oilstick and pastel on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

WATER PULSE
2000
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

GERONCIA
1999
pastel, charcoal and oilstick on rag paper
30.25 x 44.5 inches

diptych

PANTHEA
2014
pastel, charcoal, ink and colorpencil on rag paper
22.5 x 30.25 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel, ink, oilstick, and colorpencil on rag paper

FAMILIAR (diptych)
2013
pastel, ink, oilstick, and colorpencil on rag paper
20 x 24.25 inches

PREMONITION (diptych)
2014
pastel, ink, and charcoal on rag paper
20 x 24.75 inches

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work pastel and oilstick on lavis fidelis paper

SHAKER
1999
pastel and oilstick on lavis fidelis paper
34 x 45.25 inches

Exhibited in Animal.Anima.Animus, Pori Art Museum, Finland, and MoMA, PS1, New York, NY.

JAN HARRISON Paintings: Pastel and ink on rag paper. 1993-2025 Animals in the Anthropocene and Smaller Work charcoal and pastel on rag paper

BOLO CHING
1995
charcoal and pastel on rag paper
44.75 x 35.5 inches