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“Day at
the Beach"
Jan Pulley
Acrylic on Canvas
The little boy in the surf playing with the unknown young girl is here
by the hand of God. The son of friends of mine, Andy was adopted less
than two years ago from Russia where the children have a poor chance
of thriving if they survive to adulthood, most children turning to lives
of crime and prostitution as they age in order to survive. That Andy
is here enjoying our North Carolina coast is absolutely nothing short
of a miracle.
Jan Pulley - Having graduated in 1978 from UNC - Chapel Hill with BFA
in painting and printmaking, Jan has focused her career on advertising
design and illustration. Self employed for the last 16 years, Jan has
worked for IBM, HowStuffWorks.com, North Carolina Forestry Association,
Spectator Magazine, and several local advertising agencies. Jan lived
in Italy in 1982 for 5 months where she enjoyed painting and selling
her work to the local Tuscan community and featuring her work in group
exhibitions. In 1999, Jan also illustrated the children's book, Big Dog
Winnie, written by Kathy Davis. Jan discovered her love for teaching
art to kids while working with Fifth Graders at Southwest Elementary
in Durham for the last two academic years. She now instructs kids and
adults in the fundamentals and basic techniques of drawing and painting
out of her home in Durham . Jan and her husband, Larry, attend Grace
Church in Chapel Hill .
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