Give colour to your life: restful :: happy :: beachReflections
Jan's direct involvement and feeling with the people of his own surroundings as well as the wider world, is the source of inspiration for his painting. In his personal work as well as the paintings he makes with others, he consistently shows people as they are, no matter who he or she is (colour, race, homo, hetero, rich poor etc.).
Examples
In 1983 Jan painted a street urchin in Pakistan. This boy does not know whether he will eat that day or not.
The war between Israel and the Palestinians inspired him in 1987 to paint the mother steeped in pain and sorrow, mourning her murdered son. (Sabra and Shalila, Israel.)
The war in Iraq inspired Jan Haen in 1884 to make this illustration for the magazine "In de Peiling" published by the chaplaincy service of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Reflections
Below you will find some thoughts on some of Jan's murals:
Hospitality
Exodus