Jan Routh

I’m Jan, a Sunshine Coast artist (happily rooted here since 2020) who paints straight from the soul. Every canvas is my playground where life’s highs, lows, joys, and wild moments explode into colour, shape, and pure, electric energy.
You’ll find my work dancing between bold Abstract geometrics and the deliciously free-spirited Anything Goes Expressionism: swirling curves, sharp lines, vivid rainbows, and layers that keep revealing secrets the longer you look. I thrive on unpredictability; I honestly never know where a piece is going to take me, and that’s the whole magic.

Each painting is a slice of my inner world made visible – a mirror to spark something in you too. Each one arrives with its own written oracle – a short, heartfelt message that lands while I’m painting. It’s the exact feeling, lesson, or little spark of growth I was living through in that moment, whispered straight from intuition to page.

Self-taught, I hone my creative practice through intuitive and innocent exploration. My pointedly abstract paintings aim to resonate or conflict, sparking emotions.

I have exhibited across British Columbia and Ontario since 2013.

I am grateful to have the tales of my life’s adventures hanging on walls both visually and through my heartful descriptions.

Paintings on display in Gallery’s:
Time To Heal Society, 511 Canada Ave, Duncan, BC V9L 1T8
Art From The Heart Studio, Davis Bay, BC V7Z 0C3