Artist Statement

 

My father was an Artist. So, the smell of linseed oil and turpentine always floods me with memories of my childhood.  

The work that I am doing is about people and places that are important to me. The power of imagery to evoke emotions and create memories has always fascinated me. I use color, line, and depth to create a lyrical aesthetic. Each piece holds a single moment in time. In some of the works the viewer is invited to wander in. With the grid pieces, the viewer sits firmly outside the scene, and the image is allowed to stand-alone.

My background is product design so, for me, materials and processes are very important. I love working in encaustic and I love the challenges that come from working in this very ancient technique. Encaustic is a mixture of bees wax, demar resin and pigment which is heated and applied to a substrate than reheated and each layer is fused to the one below. Once fused you get a very rich, deep, luminous surface.

 

A native of Boston, Janet received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, with a major in Industrial Design. Janet currently resides in the Boston area with her family and welcomes visitors to her studio.