Janice Baragwanath’s paintings have been featured in Watercolor Magazine (Winter 2000 and Winter 2001) and included in national exhibitions at the Salmagundi Club, National Arts Club, New Britain Museum of Art, Discovery Museum, University of Hartford, Fairfield University, Attleboro Museum and the Saco Museum.
She has won numerous awards from the Connecticut Watercolor Society, American Artists Professional League, Hudson Valley Art Association, North East Watercolor Society, Connecticut Classic Arts, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and the Kent Art Association.
What kind of art do you make?
The process is slow, with lots of detail, and I often work from photographs. I like to paint what’s given, not inventing anything. The subjects vary from architecture to portraits and all kinds of plants, particularly edible one. Currently, I am working on a cookbook of healthy recipes which will feature some of my fruit and vegetable paintings.
What is your muse?
There’s something very special about being near the water. The light is different. Color, texture and shadows are what I like to describe.
I love painting portraits, especially friends and family, many of which have won awards in national shows. I delight in capturing a likeness and have done many commissioned portraits, including two Connecticut Superior Court Justices, which hang in the Bridgeport and Stamford courthouses.
What’s Next?
I will be exhibiting at the Valley Cottage Library in August and I will display portraits in Nyack Library’s South Staircase Gallery in October. I”ll be teaching a one night class in portraiture in connection with the exhibit.
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