In my landscape paintings I paint the harmony I sense in nature. I want my paintings to give the viewer a feeling of spiritual elevation; the same way nature gives man this feeling of oneness, of wholeness, of belonging. The color shape relationships I have chosen express this feeling in the painting. Sometimes I work directly from nature, but most of the time I work from memory and imagination. When that wonderful moment of "experience with nature" that spiritual space shows up ... the painting is completed. It's been said, "My paintings possess a highly sophisticated sense of the poetic and spiritual".
Janet Tenneson-McCarty lives in St. George, UT and summers in Door County, Wisconsin. Her Wisconsin/barn landscapes come from her intense love of nature and especially barns in the landscape. She says, "Barns are an American icon and an intrinsic part of our Wisconsin Landscape. I try to capture their stillness, their essence...that spiritual quality which is universal and timeless. Her Provence landscapes express her love of the French countryside, especially the intense light in Provence, France, which gives the landscape such rich pure colors.
Her latest desert landscapes express her newfound love of the Utah landscape. "My palette changed after hiking and absorbing the desert colors. My paintings are sometimes bolder or more muted as I try to capture the magnificent stillness around me."
Janet has a Masters degree in Art from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters degree in English literature from Marquette University. She studied at the Vermont Studio Center with Wolf Kahn and Katherine Porter. Janet has won awards in juried shows at both the local and national levels. Her artwork is included in many private and corporate collections nationwide including Northwestern Mutual, State Farm Insurance Company, Yale University, ITT Hartford, Hitachi Data, Milwaukee Athletic Club, Bank of America and Lockheed Martin.
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