Gary Lane Jansen (b. 1964) American Landscape Painter

     As a child growing-up in Colorado,  my idea of a good day included wandering far enough away from my folks' cabin to get myself totally lost,  and then finding my way back.  I gained alot from those early adventures - not the least of which is a healthy respect for things greater than myself.  Since that time,  I've managed to spend a good deal of my time getting "lost" - on the beaches of Mexico - on the freeways of southern California - on the highways and backroads of the West - but I always manage to find my way back to the Central Rockies - back to Northern Colorado - back home.   And once I realized I was back home for good,  I set out on the most direct career path to becoming a professional landscape painter I could manage.  This entailed, among other things,  being a ranch hand, a pack guide,  and more recently, a woodworker. Countless hours of observing nature on foot and on horseback -  and learning from a master craftsman what true craftmanship is - have both helped in my pursuit of landscape painting.  I now paint full-time...mostly here in Northern Colorado where I live with my wife and son.
     

     I am a member of the Oil Painters of America and Plein Air Artists Colorado.  I am mainly a self-taught painter.  My passion for the outdoors - and the sense of awe I am filled with by the glory of God's creation - fuel my desire to represent it on canvas.