Janet Dyer

Blue Pond, Abstract Painting

2021

Artist Comments
"This was based on a detail from a larger painting," says artist Janet Dyer. "I often take photos of my finished work with my iPad and then section out details and enlarge them, then paint from those enlargements. I can get a multitude of paintings out of one painting. Sometimes I literally cut the painting down to a section I like. I find cropping improves a lot of things. Cutting a dull painting in half may produce two or more interesting paintings." In this piece, Janet used brushes and one particular palette knife to give texture by layering and making marks. "A palette knife can drag the colors along without mixing them, so it may produce a more varied patch of color. Sometimes I use the knife to scrape the color into the canvas—the color gets pushed into the white canvas, producing some glowing jewel undertones."

About the Artist
Janet Dyer doesn’t like to spend too much time talking about her art, as she’d rather be creating it. She doesn’t have an artist statement, the traditional statement of purpose crafted by visual artists to explain their method. On becoming an artist, Janet simply states, “I picked up some crayons and pencils and brushes and kept using them.” She believes the process of creating art is equal in importance to the final product. The artist enjoys relinquishing control of her paintings to find delightful surprises in her so-called “mistakes.” Janet's expressively gestural yet bucolic landscapes are a testament to the success of her method.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, pond, water, lake, abstract, water, palette knife, tree, reflection, foliage, nature, abstract, nature, acrylic painting, blue

Blue Pond
Janet Dyer
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
14 in. h x 18 in. w x 1 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.