Janet Keith

Janet’s approach is to begin working with no preconceived idea of how the painting will look when it is finished. She activates the blank canvas with a variety of spontaneous marks and areas of colour. She then observes, listens and responds to those marks and colours with others as the painting develops through various layers and iterations. Her goal is to create a painting that excites in the making – enjoying the placing of each colour, line or shape next to another over and over again, until the painting rings true to her in its energy and evocativeness.

Janet takes inspiration from the very rural surroundings of her studio, from travels near and far, all kinds of music and the sounds of nature – birdsong, the sea, breezes through trees.…She has particular love for the landscapes of the U.K. and Southwest USA. Her artistic influences range far and wide from fourteenth century Sienese altarpieces, to Indian miniatures, Japanese woodcuts, and twentieth century American and British painting.