Janet Fish, Still life painter extraordinaire.
Janet Fish, much like Georgia O'Keefe, knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist. She was born in 1938 to a family of artists, and continued her schooling at Yale. After taking many sculpture classes, Janet found her calling through painting. She then began to paint realistically and graduated in 1963.
Janet Fish then began her search for her own unique style. She began to paint glass bottles and and vases. Janet found that she was talented in dissecting the way in which the light broke up the forms. Soon she was painting every glass object she could find. Janet Fish's artwork is unique in the sense that there is no central or focal point. Her paintings draw the viewers' eyes through the painting, never resting on a single element. Her earliest paintings were mainly in black and white (Wine and Cheese Glasses, 1975), while her later paintings literally exploded with color.
Janet Fish, much like Georgia O'Keefe, knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist. She was born in 1938 to a family of artists, and continued her schooling at Yale. After taking many sculpture classes, Janet found her calling through painting. She then began to paint realistically and graduated in 1963.
Janet Fish then began her search for her own unique style. She began to paint glass bottles and and vases. Janet found that she was talented in dissecting the way in which the light broke up the forms. Soon she was painting every glass object she could find. Janet Fish's artwork is unique in the sense that there is no central or focal point. Her paintings draw the viewers' eyes through the painting, never resting on a single element. Her earliest paintings were mainly in black and white (Wine and Cheese Glasses, 1975), while her later paintings literally exploded with color.
I thought with all the funky strange art I have been reviewing lately, it would be nice to see some plain, good, old fashioned still life. And Fish's work is really remarkable. She paints light in ways that I could only dream about.
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