Creativity is my thing: I am inspired by Nature, by Relationships, by Life…
Jan Groenemann has created a life she loves:
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BA Art Edu, Missouri State University; MA Studio Art & Creativity, Lindenwood University;
Life Coach Certification, Institute for Life Coach Training
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Author of Through the Inner Eye: Awakening to the Creative Spirit on creativity and personal growth; Woman Alone, a novel soon to be published; In progress Seeing the Magic, an illustrated book on seeing as an artist.
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Painter of Abstract Expressionistic art that has won numerous awards, exhibited throughout the US and Germany, and is in private and corporate collections world wide
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Winner of the Arty Award for Individual Accomplishment in the Arts
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Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
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Facilitator of workshops on Creativity
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Resident Artist and Instructor, Groenemann Studios. 1987-present
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Resident Artists, Foundry Arts Centre, 2005-2010
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Adjunct Professor of Humanities, 1999-2013
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Featured in “New Thought Journal”, “American Artist Watercolor Magazine” and “New Woman Magazine”
Creativity is Self-Expression and it enhances your life. Creativity cannot be separated from your spirituality, for both emanate from your very core.
Creativity is my passion, my own and the creativity of others. Professionally I express myself through writing, painting and facilitating others in connecting with their own creative energies.
But I also express my creativity through my garden, how I decorate my home, what I wear….well, actually through every aspect of my life. The creative process is sometimes melancholy, but often it is silly and playful. Mostly it is pure JOY!
From the time I was four years old I knew I wanted to be an artist. So I got my BS in Education and Business and began teaching high school while I stared exhibiting my work. I began to win a lot of awards. I started Groenemann Studios so that I could teach others privately and started a class on Creativity and Personal Growth. This grew into a book titled Through the Inner Eye.