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 […]
greenfield / 48″ x 36″
greenfield / 48″ x 36″ / acrylic on canvas
memento / 36″ x 36″
memento / 36″ x 36″ / acrylic on canvas
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 […]
plein air painting in canada / field 103w
click the image below to watch the video / 3-4 min in length plein air painting in canada / field 103w / 48″ x 48″ / acrylic on canvas / 2010 / janet bright
plein air painting in canada / ice cloud
click the image below to watch the video/ 3-4 minutes in length plein air painting in canada / ice cloud / 48″ x 48″ / 2010 janet bright
field 103w / 48″ x 48″
field 103w / 48″ x 48″ / acrylic on canvas / created en plein air (see video)
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 […]
ice cloud / 48″ x 48″
ice cloud / 48″ x 48″ / acrylic on canvas / created en plein air (see video)
st. norbert arts centre
Two days into a weeklong stay at St. Norbert Arts Centre, my computer crashed and pushed me into the pre-digital world of manual creation & record-keeping, slow observation and solitude. Not a bad thing because I accomplished (most of) what I had set out to do and learned a lot in the process. For now, […]
abstract. what now?
I’ve run up against a wall today because my current painting theories are being challenged by a painting that’s still under the brush. My Twitter post this morning said, “after so much talk about the need for ‘recognition of reality’ in art, this painting = abstract …” Until now I’ve been safely cocooned in the […]
Highspeed Painting Video / Nuit Plein / acrylic on canvas
Painting a painting from start to finish. nuit plein / 48″ x 48″ / 2010 -janet bright