Janet Roberts:
I have painted the landscape for 40 years, but never tire of it. Interestingly, I did not paint the first one till after I had graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Indiana University in 1966.

Even though I now am working on a series of still lifes using mannequins, costumes and masks, as well as a series incorporating old photos, I continue to go back to landscape painting, as in painting nature, I find a special freedom within that subject matter. Within the boundaries of landscape, I feel I can pursue my interest in defining and exploring shapes, edges, the weight and mass of trees and foliage, extraordinary color, and all those elements of painting that might be thought of as abstract. For whatever reasons, I seem to need the safety net of a traditional genre in order to push my creative boundaries.

In addition to being mindful of the underlying abstract armature of my compositions, I also am aware of the importance of mark-making on the canvas surface. These marks must be able to stand alone, thereby giving purpose to their existence. I delight in small areas of visual drama—those pieces of the whole, that might be thought of as a sentence within a novel.

Janet Roberts is a featured artist in our Art Alfresco - exhibition

Hampton CT Gardens I
Hampton CT Gardens II
Boerner Extra Vagance