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Janet Everitt-Forte |
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I paint scenes that often go unnoticed. While many artists are drawn to majestic and dramatic scenes of inescapable beauty, I am drawn to the still and calm places. Hoping to instill in others the same respect and love for these places, I paint these scenes to capture their essence before they are gone. Painting on location, from photographs, and from memory, I create a link to those places many people may never see. Just as the elements of air and water, though unseen, are essential for life on earth, so too are the hidden, quiet places essential to our universe. I hope in each painting to introduce the viewer to a new understanding or appreciation of the path less traveled. I enjoy painting landscapes on location (en plein air) and feel that the act of doing so educates me more fully and connects me more completely to my surroundings. |
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There is more information available to the artist when the subject is present, whether that subject is a model, still-life setup, or landscape. I also paint from photographs, though while using photos I keep in mind that information garnered from the experience of painting from life; the way shadows dance with reflected lights, the way fog or mist grays the palette. My goal is to paint the feeling of a place or moment. Paintings are artists’ tools of communication. Painting in a minimal style using oil paints or soft pastels, I develop portrayals of what I recall of a scene once memory removes the excess. Just as my memory will seldom include small insignificant details, the painting should not either. Without the clutter of the unnecessary, we communicate more fully....Janet Everitt-Forte |
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