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Janet Snell
Akron, OH
United States
Member Since: Aug 2003
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Artist Statement:
At the Maryland Institute
College of Art, I studied
painting with the late Ed
Dugmore and came under the
influence Nolde, Munch, Bacon,
Kollwitz and Ernst. My work at
that time was dark and moody,
with figurative elements
half-buried in the space and
emerging to the surface in
ambiguous ways. Sometimes the
surface was well-worked, the
layering of color inciting
surprise as images rose to the
surface and darted away again.


I think in images. To present
images in a more definite
space, putting the psychology
of emotion under the light, I
improvise in a spontaneous
vein. I’m led around by the
brush in an automatic way that
allows for sensitivity.
Subsequent decisions are then
made from practice and
experience. Executed
pre-meditated meaning makes
lifeless art—no improvisation,
no process.

The meaning in my work is the
poetry between image and
space—implied rather than
overt, human psychology,
painted. The mental landscape
is abstract and can be felt.
The figurative elements are
elements I start with in a
painting. The space is
improvised.

In my drawings, I make figures
in a space suited to them.
Using the figurative head in
an abstract space focuses the
relationship ...

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Artist Reviews:
"I really like this chapbook
from MiPO. Both Snells'
(author and painter) works
soar in this lovely book. It
was interesting to watch the
movement of fear between the
poems: first in the scent of
violets, then to "Fight or
Flight" and the heart's
leaping, and the "Risk"
with...

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Janet Snell's Free Artist Portfolio

Welcome to Janet Snell's Portfolio.
At the Maryland Institute College of Art, I studied painting with the late Ed Dugmore and came under the influence Nolde, Munch, Bacon, Kollwitz and Ernst. My work at that time was dark and moody, with figurative elements half-buried in the space and emerging to the surface in ambiguous ways. Sometimes the surface was well-worked, the layering of color inciting surprise as images rose to the surface and darted away again.

I think in images. To present images in a more definite space, putting the psychology of emotion under the light, I improvise in a spontaneous vein. I’...
Janet Snell, imminent collision, 2009, Painting Oil
imminent collision
, 2009
Oil Painting,
30 x 30 X 0.2 inches
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Janet Snell, hendrix, 2009, Painting Oil
hendrix
, 2009
Oil Painting,
30 x 30 X 0.2 inches
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Janet Snell,  Wheels  , 2008, Drawing Charcoal
Wheels
, 2008
Charcoal Drawing,
14 x 16 inches
Price: US$ 550

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Janet Snell, portrait, 2008, Painting Oil
portrait
, 2008
Oil Painting,
16 x 20 inches
Availability: Sold


Janet's Art Links:
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/l/ladyj
http://www.snellsisters.blogspot.com
http://janetsnell.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://www.cafepress.com/scattered_light
http://www.marchstreetpress.com/library/snell-heads/heads0.html
http://www.amazon.com/Flytrap-Cleveland-Poets-Janet-Snell/dp/0914946846/ref=sr_1_2/105-3689652-8415658?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191514067&sr=1-2
http://www.shivasarms.blogspot.com
http://www.lulu.com/content/5141444

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