Ivars Jansons出生于拉脱维亚。完成中学教育后，Ivars开始进行建筑研究，因此有机会在艺术上表达自己，所以他经常创作小型水彩画研究。
1964年，Ivars转为专业人士，1967年，他在墨尔本绿空地画廊举办了他的第一次个展，这是众多成功的展览之一，在开幕一小时内就售罄。在当地和州际公路上的绘画旅行是Ivars职业生涯的一部分。1969年，他在新西兰广泛绘画，1972年出国旅行，拓展他的艺术知识。伦纳德·富勒是圣艾夫斯绘画学院的Ivars 的老师。
由于他的研究成果，Ivars开始对肖像画和人物画作品产生了兴趣。然而，康沃尔乡村崎岖不平的美诱惑他去画他周围的环境。在国外学习了17个月的绘画和参观了欧洲最好的画廊之后，Ivars和他的家人回到了澳大利亚。
1988年，Ivars推出了他的第一本书《Ivars Jansons的油和水彩画》。从那时起，Ivars出版了许多书，举办了成功的展览，并获得了许多著名的奖项，因为他继续他的艺术家生涯。Ivars在莫宁顿半岛的索伦托和弗林德斯美术馆展出。
—艺术家自述 —
"To me, the art of composition and design, or the pictorial arrangement of the subject, is of primary importance. In the initial stages of the painting I attempt to design the underlying shapes of dark and light areas to be bold, simple and pleasing to the eye. If this initial stage has been well conceived, then the painting has a good chance of being successful. One can therefore reason that the initial abstract shapes in the painting are more important than the subject matter itself.
At first sight, a subject may appear very complex, yet there is something within it that is compelling and paint able. The art then is to single out that which interests me most within that complexity and give it prominence on the canvas. Therefore it is quite true to say that for a composition to be interesting and successful it is more important to learn to see better, than to paint better.
Once the focal interest has been decided upon, then the rest of the canvas should support this dominant idea by painting the surroundings less prominently and eliminating all unnecessary detail.
A very important aspect of my art is colour. In fact, this often influences and inspires me to tackle a subject in the first place. Colour seems to have an instant emotional response to me as and artist. For me, the use of colour is also a very important aspect in creating a particular mood, feeling or atmosphere.
So the things that are uppermost in my mind after choosing a subject are the pattern, focal point and colours, and the relationship between the three. If there is success in combining these aspects, and the viewer can share and get pleasure in what I have tried to show in the work, then there is fulfillment for both viewer and artist."
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