Janet Borders
Farmington , Arkansas
I’ve been an oil painter for fifty years . I started out with pen and ink moved into oil painting as a teenager .
MessageI’m an contemporary artist (born 1955 based in Fayetteville Arkansas . I work as an American Abstract Expressionism and Landscape artist . I went to high school in Los Angeles although I had lived in Montana , Louisiana , Washington and Arkansas
Twenty five years ago I moved from California after graduating with a bachelors degree in art and art history from University of California Santa Cruz .
My paintings come from a drive to create and define atmosphere . I really love landscapes . I have been able to learn a lot about art visiting 100 plus museums . Sometimes visiting so many art galleries makes me harder on myself The Images that I saw really changed my paintings as I paint my dreams, my environment, my family, places I have lived and places I want to live, these kind of events inspire my work. I really love breathtaking landscapes and still life’s .
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Compelling thoughts and exercises in art has developed my art onto paper and canvases .
Originally I wanted to be a printmaker because I wanted many pieces of one piece of art . It was like a camera printmaking . I enjoyed the process of printmaking and oil painting . I build layers and enjoy the length it took to dry .
I portray myself in my art . I traveled my whole life so my art was where I had been and where I was going. Everything is labor investigations , not all come to partake but I’m enjoying the journey .
My Art can only be felt in a romantic way .
I have been a painter since high school . Went to college got a degree in art and art history . I do love acrylic and oil but I pretty much love oil painting the most. I think the Italians renaissance and Netherlands artist were the best artist. I tried to get into the modern era like Impressionism but I really fond of 16th century art .
As I child I entered contests and won at 5 years old. My main goal is bringing happiness to the viewer. Art is a life time of learning. Mainly an oil and acrylic painter. Love animals , and landscapes always studying wildlife in my yard in Fayetteville Arkansas. I attended one year at the University of Arkansas 1997-98 . Graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz 1993 Art and Art History Bachelors Degree
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