"Ain't No Wallflower" Sculptural Paintings

July 18, 2022

Introducing a new body of work, moving towards wall sculptures with the “Ain’t No Wallflower” Collection, limited edition of 29 in the series.
Private showing of these new works and more available by appointment.

The first nine have found a home with a collector in New York and will add color to their residence in Miami, Florida.

Private Collection, Miami, FL — Private Collection, 1 to 9 “Ain’t No Wallflower”

15 - 29 “Ain’t No Wallflower” are Available

97th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art

April 12, 2021

It is always an honor to be included in the Spring Salon at the Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT! Out of more than 1,000 juried entries, 250 are chosen each year to be on exhibit.

The history of the museum began in 1903, becoming Utah’s first visual art’s museum. It is a beautiful space for contemplating art. Stop in to see the Spring Salon, April 21 to July 3, 2021, showcasing the diversity and quality of Utah Contemporary Art. Take this opportunity to see “Tracing Clouds” up close and peer into her multi-layered paint strokes and get lost in your own imagination.

“Tracing Clouds”, 23.5” x 23.5” Acrylic on Multi-Pane Acrylic Glass (27.5” x 27.5” Framed) Available — “Tracing Clouds”, 23.5” x 23.5” Acrylic on Multi-Pane Acrylic Glass
(27.5” x 27.5” Framed)
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34th Annual Dixie Sears Invitational

February 4, 2021

Artist Janell James has created original paintings that are 3D Structural and Kinetic works of art. Classically trained, she has painted with oil for more than a decade, taking her layers to a modern format, painting on five panes of clear acrylic glass her paintings are ten layers deep. A viewer is drawn into her dimensional process revealing more with each look captivating the imagination.

Feature Exhibition, Trove Gallery, Park City, UT

February 20, 2018

New contemporary work available!

Dimensional. Sculptural. Kinetic. Living Art.

It would be a great honor if you could join me in the celebration opening night
Friday February, 23 from 6-9PM.

Make a night of it in the fresh mountain air!
Book your dinner reservations today.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings are an investigation of the intersection of traditional landscape imagery and modern ideas about painting and color. In my practice, I attempt to reconcile my personal history as an art-maker, as well as the tradition of landscape painting, with a contemporary art practice that borrows more specifically from a language of Modernism—specifically in regards to mid-century conversations about painting. Incidentally, both genres at work in my practice (abstraction and landscape) have a tradition of exploring ideas about the Sublime—Romantic and Modern—respectively.

While my subject matter draws heavily from landscape, my process and true exploration is about painting in a Modern sense. My brush strokes become objects that hold their own presence. The colors and layering I use both create the illusion of space and undermine it in the proverbial push-pull of abstract painting. The interplay between light and shadows cast upon the many layers ads to the sculptural interpretation while also creating ‘living’ paintings that appear kinetic, interacting with the natural environment. The purpose of the layering of a transparent painting surface is to raise the stakes; the points of depth are deeper and the points of flatness are flatter. The increased depth and complication of flipping the surface back and forth and layering it multiple times is a demonstration of the mastery of the material as well as a device to push the boundaries of the flatness/depth dichotomy in every painting. My paintings are at once paintings and sculptures and they are at once landscapes and quite the opposite of that—something acrylic and manufactured that is more reflective of contemporary culture.