Jan Salter

Jan Salter (1936 - 2018) was a British artist and animal welfare activist who lived in Kathmandu, Nepal for many years. Her artistic career was marked by several notable achievements:
She created over 100 pencil drawings and oil paintings of Nepali people, despite having no formal artistic training.
Salter extensively trekked throughout Nepal to produce portraits of diverse ethnic groups, gaining respect for her representations of the country's many ethnicities.
In 1996, she collaborated with scholar Dr. Harka Gurung on the book "Faces of Nepal," an ethnographic study combining Gurung's writings with Salter's drawings and paintings.
Her book "Faces of Nepal" is considered a standard work about the tribes of Nepal.
Salter received the "Gorkha Dakshin Bahu" award from King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in 1997 for her artistic contributions.
She created a series of paintings titled "All Our Daughters," depicting girls rescued by the organization Maiti Nepal.
Beyond her artistic career, Salter was also known for founding the Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT Centre) in 2004, dedicating her later years to animal welfare in Nepal.