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Contact Information

First Name

Hrana

Last Name

Janto

Street Address

65 River Road

City

New Paltz

State

NY

Country

United States

personal web address

www.hranajanto.com

type of art work

Watercolor, pen & ink, pastel, mixed media, pencil, animals, botanicals, nature, fantasy, myth, history, spiritual, mythology, magic, horses, fairies, garden, illumination, Greek, Persian, Egyptian, medieval, renaissance, calligraphy, lettering, andmore

Published Works

"How Thor got his Hammer Back", "The Slave and the Lion" "King for a Day", "The Goddess Oracle" "Guide to 108 Yoga poses", "Fafnir", "Ladon", "Drabne of Dole, "The Furies", "Nemean Lion", book covers, calendars, educational, etc., Clients include Cricket Magazine, Click Magazine, Harper Collins, Harcourt Brace & Co., Houghton Miflin, Macmillan/McGraw Hill, Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley, Alpha Books, The NY Daily News Magazine, U & lc, Chelsea House, Llewellyn Publications, Pearson, US Games, and Aptara.

Bio

Hrana Janto is an artist long inhabiting the realms of History, Fantasy, Myth and The Sacred. Raised and abetted by artist-parents, she graduated from NYC’s High School of Art and Design and received a BFA from The Cooper Union. She then studied at the School of Sacred Arts while starting her career as a professional Artist and Illustrator.

Her commisioned works include historical paintings for the PBS series "Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth" with Bill Moyers, numerous book covers (including the Chelsea House series "Monsters of Mythology"), the 1992, 1993 & 2001 "The Goddess Calendar” and 1994 & 1995 "Myth and Magic Calendar” for Llewellyn Publications. Hrana co-created the internationally published "The Goddess Oracle" deck, featuring her art and calligraphy, for Element Books/HarperCollins. Her work has also appeared in the NY Daily News magazine and on a Miramax movie poster. Most recently, Hrana co-created and painted 110 brush drawings for “The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to 108 Yoga Poses” from Alpha Books.
Hrana has illustrated “King for a Day, “Thor’s Stolen Hammer” and “The Slave & the Lion.” She also creates portraits and private commissions.

Hrana has exhibited throughout the country, including pieces at the Books of Wonder Gallery and a Society of Illustrators show. Hrana lives, paints, and dances in NY's Hudson Valley.

History

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