Have you ever felt your day improve the moment the barista at your local coffee shop looked you in the eye and said, “What can I get you today?”. What is it that feels so great about that? Is it pure excitement, at the promise of the halfcaffgrandenonfatextrahotvanilllalatte on the way? Is it something more; is it […]
Tag: art
how to create
Ever wonder where the ability to create comes from? Is it talent, education, awareness (something else)? Or, is ‘art ability’ a state of mind? So many times I’ve heard people say (about any work of art), “I could never do that; I can’t even draw a stick person; I’m not creative”. And I wonder, could that really be […]
plein air painting in canada / rain fall
click the image below to watch the video / 4.58 min plein air painting in canada / rain fall / 48″ x 48″ / 2014 janet bright
commodity of colour 01 014 1824 14 / #014 / 18″ x 24″
commodity of colour 01 014 1824 14 / 14th in series / 18″ x 24″ / on panel The human experience of colour is generic. Yellow from any source is yellow, red is red and blue is blue. It is the visual commodity of our everyday; un-branded, ubiquitous and essential. It is a […]
commodity of colour 01 013 1248 14 / #012 / 12″ x 48″
commodity of colour 01 013 1248 14 / 13th in series / 12″ x 48″ / on panel The human experience of colour is generic. Yellow from any source is yellow, red is red and blue is blue. It is the visual commodity of our everyday; un-branded, ubiquitous and essential. It is a […]
commodity of colour 01 012 1248 14 / #012 / 12″ x 48″
commodity of colour 01 012 1248 14 / 12th in series / 12″ x 48″ / on panel The human experience of colour is generic. Yellow from any source is yellow, red is red and blue is blue. It is the visual commodity of our everyday; un-branded, ubiquitous and essential. It […]
you don’t know me / installation / 3 panels
you don’t know me / installation / 3 panels, each: W 3.5′ x H 5′
the purpose of art
Art directs us to identify vulnerabilities within ourselves and our cultures. Through this exposure, we are granted great opportunity for connection, community, growth and development. We see every moment of every human day impacted by this opportunity, from large scale design & construction of cities, roadways, transport systems, community networks and housing to smaller scale conception and […]
plein air painting in canada / the clear lake
click the image below to watch the video (3-4 minutes in length) plein air painting in canada / the clear lake / 48″ x 48″ / 2010 janet bright
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 […]
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 […]