in lipshit, digital photo edit / print, 16″ x 20″
Category: articles & opinions
observation, views and ideas
art every day number 51 / digital drawing / straws
ART EVERY DAY NUMBER 51 / digital drawing / straws Art every day number 51 is about impending summer heat. Ice, lemonade, cold cold water. And condensation on the cup. One small piece of art & illustration a day / Janet Bright
early at the field / 24″ x 30″
Early at the Field / 24″ x 30″ / acrylic on canvas / Janet Bright / Canadian Art This piece is a satisfying culmination of much of the seemingly unrelated work I’ve done in the past few years; painting, research, experiment, reading, writing, gallery viewing- and I’m surprised by it because this sort of confluence of ideas & […]
ONE YEAR! celebrate
Tomorrow’s end-of-week (Friday File) post will mark the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of my first ‘why art?’ post !! I haven’t missed a single week during the year and of this I am particularly proud. Committing to the relatively small task of posting a painting, drawing or article every Friday has given me focus, clarity, inspiration & confidence […]
colourphone
the colourphone / four images / photo digital / blue green yellow pink
sample standard [three women] / paint & photography digital edit / print / 16″ x 20″
sample standard (three women), digital photo print, 16″ x 20″
‘Living Modernism’ February 05 – March 31, 2014
Living Modernism at Tartooful Design Presenting vignettes of life; inviting living spaces & an experience of the aesthetic, beauty and function of Living Modernism. Modernism as a method of living. Objects of function. Objects of meaning. Objects of beauty. Tartooful Design / feb 05- mar 31 3183 Edgemont Boulevard, North Vancouver, […]
opening at the reach gallery museum / field 103w / janet bright
EXHIBIT OPENING at the REACH GALLERY MUSEUM June 16, 2011 New Exhibits on view at The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford from June 16 to October 9, 2011 include: FIELD 103W : Paintings by Janet Bright / FIELD 103W presents a study of landscape and memory, exploring theundisturbed expansive fields of vision, colour and silence of our Canadian prairies and […]
janet bright / field 103w
New Exhibits on view at The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford from June 16 to October 9, 2011 include: FIELD 103W : Paintings by Janet Bright / FIELD 103W presents a study of landscape and memory, exploring theundisturbed expansive fields of vision, colour and silence of our Canadian prairies and coastline, and the effect memory imposes on the creation and interpretation of landscape painting. The […]
mondrian
Two weeks ago at Centre Pompidou, I chose a favourite amongst the Mondrian pieces on display in the gallery. It was a ‘study’; a piece so contrary to how Mondrian’s final pieces usually appear, it couldn’t help but stand out in the crowd. The study is something I’m guessing Mondrian himself might not have chosen […]
broaden your horizons / in the news
Broaden your Horizons BY JEAN KONDA-WITTE, ABBOTSFORD TIMES JANUARY 6, 2011 Artist Janet Bright is bringing her acrylic paintings to the Kariton Gallery show, Horizons, on from Jan. 7 to Feb. 2 in Abbotsford. An open house is Sunday. Horizons, a mix of contemporary pottery and acrylic painting, highlighting the work of Janet Bright and Ekta […]
the sketchbook project
The Sketchbook Project is an international, collaborative art project where each participating artist fills every page of a Moleskine sketchbook in any medium, based on a chosen theme. I’ve begun my sketchbook with the selected theme, ‘Faces in the Crowd’; a theme with great figurative & commentary potential. Figurative sketching and painting have long been an […]