ABOUT ME
Aphrodite Art
Jan Andersen
Copyright 2008-2011 Jan Andersen
All rights reserved
First and foremost, I am a freelance writer with a passion for art. Since childhood, art has been a part-time hobby and over the years I have produced many pencil and pen drawings (primarily portraits and caricatures) for friends and family alone. For as long as I can remember, people have told me that I should use my talent professionally and make my artwork available to a wider audience. The only thing that prevented me from following a career in art was the belief instilled into me by others that one could not make an adequate living from it. I now believe that the most important aspect of any career is truly enjoying what you do and I am never happier than when I am painting or writing.
In 2007, I began experimenting with pastels and was astounded by the impressive results, so much so that the majority of paintings displayed in our home are my newly produced pastel creations. Visitors have frequently enthused about the paintings and encouraged me to sell them to enable others to benefit from my creative abilities, in addition to placing their own requests!
I have a particular passion for stunning landscapes, seascapes, mountains, lakes and Aurora Borealis.
Hence, on 8 January 2008 at 8am, Aphrodite Art was born.
My Other Websites
Child Suicide (dedicated to my late son, Kristian Mikhail Andersen)
Chasing Death The website for my book, Chasing Death: Losing a Child to Suicide, which was published in October 2009.
“Creative people have to be fed from the divine source”
Dag Hammarskjöld
