About the Artist
Joan Porter Jannaman is an artist living near Nashville, TN who specializes in equine subjects, working mainly in oil. Art and horses were always a major part of Joan’s life, as her father was an accomplished artist and both her parents encouraged her love of horses. A childhood full of riding, showing, and caring for horses gave Joan the insight needed to appreciate the intricacies of depicting their form and spirit. Growing up watching her Dad in his studio with awe and admiration encouraged her to see the world through artist’s eyes. After graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Art Education, she worked as an art teacher at the Sanford School in Delaware and continued to study at the Philadelphia College of Art in the field of illustration.
Marriage brought a move to North Carolina and freelance work in illustration and advertising design. This soon led to a position as an illustrator for the North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Unit and the team in charge of the U.S.S. Monitor project.
Moving to Texas, Delaware, and Tennessee brought the Jannamans happy years raising their two boys. During this time Joan decided to concentrate her work in oils and returned to her lifelong passion for horses. Her award winning paintings have since been published in various equine-themed magazines and have been exhibited and collected throughout the US and Canada.
Commissions are always welcome, as her goal is to translate the love of her subjects into an heirloom portrait that becomes a treasured addition to your art collection.
2010 Shows & Events
The Art Gallery at Belle Meade
Solo Exhibition - Belle Meade Mansion - May 2010
Opening reception - May 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Show runs until May 28th
5025 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205
www.BelleMeadePlantation.com
The Sixth Annual Art Event at Lipscomb
David Lipscomb Campus School (Juried Show)
February 12 - 14, 2010
Grand Opening and Reception, Friday Feb. 12th, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday, Feb. 13th, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, Feb. 14th, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Art in Bloom
Gallatin Junior League Charity Benefit
March 12th & 13th, 2010
Bluegrass Country Club
550 Johnny Cash Parkway Hendersonville, TN 37075
Galleries
Midtown Gallery
1912 Broadway · Nashville, TN 37203 · 615·322·9966
Picture This Custom Framing and Gallery
4674 Lebanon Pike · Hermitage, TN 37076 · 615-889-5640
Memberships
Equine Art Guild
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
Past Shows & Events
Chronicle of the Horse Magazine
Cover Artist - December 11, 2009 Issue
2009 6th Annual Cowboy Ball - Featured Artist
Hendersonville High School Fall Into Art 2009 Show and Sale
The Best is Yet to Come Art Show and Sale
Friends of Cookeville / Putnam Co Animals
The Judges Choice Equine Classifieds
Featured Artist
www.thejudgeschoice.com
August 2009
Canadian Warmblood Association's 2009 Fall Breeder's Classic
"First Class Flight"
This painting will be used as the poster art, brochure, and advertising art
Horses in Art Magazine
Honorable Mention Award to "Beech Grove Blessing"
2009 Cover Contest
Art in Bloom
10th Annual Gallatin Junior Service League Art Show and Sale
The Barn Book
Central Florida Equine Directory
2009 Edition Cover Art – “Hartsville Horse”
New Jersey Equine Artists’ Association
Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition of "N.J.E.A.A. Art of the Horse", Fall 2008
Le Cadeau Du Cheval - "The Horse Gift" Mural Mosaic
http://www.muralmosaic.com/Cadeau.html
Polo Players Edition Magazine
"Connections"
Juried into the 23rd annual art issue - November 2008
Covertside Magazine
Winter 2008 Issue
"Fall into Art" Show & Sale
Hendersonville High School
October 2008
Sidelines Magazine
Featured in Editorial Focus of Equestrian Artists
October 2008 Issue
Horses in Art Magazine
Fall 2008 Issue
"Dressage at Devon" Official Program, 2008
Equine Art Guild - Best of 2007 Online Show
June 2008
"Art in Bloom Show & Sale 2008"
Junior Service League of Gallatin, TN
"Fall into Art" Show & Sale
Hendersonville, TN - 2007
Artclectic
University School of Nashville, Oct. 2007
Masters of Foxhounds Association of America Traveling Art Exhibition
Cross Gate Gallery - 2007
Central South Juried Art Exhibition
Nashville, TN - Summer 2007
3rd Annual Pets of Putnam County Art Show & Sale
Featured Artist - 2007
The Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation Art Auction
Boston, MA - 2007
Tennessee Art League New Member Show
Feb. 2007
Evening of Art
Harrington House & All About Art Gallery - Sept. 2006
Take the Reins Foundation Art Show & Sale
Stockton, NJ - Sept. 2006
Horses in Art Magazine
Winter 2006 Issue - "Horses in Landscape"
