Janet Fish was born into art. Her grandfather was a famous American Impressionist painter who introduced her to his love of painting. Janet was fascinated with the way glass, plastic and water reflect off light. As one knows, painting reflections are one of the hardest things to depict. When looking through glass, everything changes color yet still is similar to the actual object. Janet grew up with amazing surroundings to feed to her creativity. She grew up on the island of Bermuda. Here she probably lived in the water and learned to paint it perfectly. After just concentrating on still lives, she moved on the depict animals and people. A few of her famous ones are "Dog Days" and "Balloons". There is something whimsical about her pieces. They give off a happy and cheerful mood. Even though for example they are just bottles, they are so interesting. I have several times tried to copy her paintings. It is an extremely difficult task. Because of this, i respect her so much more.
Interesting work. Are you familiar with the photographs of Jan Groover? She had a knack for photographing everyday, kitchen objects and presenting them in a very painterly, pictorial fashion. They almost look like paintings, due to the formal handling of color, shape, etc.
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