Featured Artist
"The work cycles from naturalism to abstraction, but always looking at the landscape and those who wander in. I take license to shift between abstraction for emphasis and the sheer delight of allowing colors and imagery to mingle." Janis Anton
"Calling Free" Janis Anton, Watercolor on Paper 30" x 22"
"Three Seeds Please" Watercolor and Gold Leaf on paper by Janice Anton
"Transformation" Janis Anton- Watercolor on Paper, 30" x 22"
Janis Anton at the reception of her show at Cafe 817 in Oakland. Check out Janis' profile on the "Artists" page.
Janis Anton-
"My images are based on 11th Century botanical drawings and personal family photos. Both of these sources represent mystery and the edge of changing perceptions; the botanical drawings are from a time when a nascent scientific understanding existed alongside a mystical awareness of the natural world, while the family photographs of people I never met represent a fact of the past onto which I can project a sort of emotional narrative that fills in the gaps in my personal history. When I compose the paintings, the overlap of sources creates a new story of its own. "
"My images are based on 11th Century botanical drawings and personal family photos. Both of these sources represent mystery and the edge of changing perceptions; the botanical drawings are from a time when a nascent scientific understanding existed alongside a mystical awareness of the natural world, while the family photographs of people I never met represent a fact of the past onto which I can project a sort of emotional narrative that fills in the gaps in my personal history. When I compose the paintings, the overlap of sources creates a new story of its own. "
A viewing of Janis Anton's work at a show at Cafe 817 in Oakland
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"The Singer" Janis Anton, Watercolor on paper, 22"x 30".
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Janis Anton, "The Kiss" Watercolor on paper 30"x20"
Blessing- Photo by Janice Anton
"Persophone Rises:, Janis Anton, Watercolor on Paper. See Janis' profile on the Artists page.
