About the Artist

Artist Statement: The challenge of painting outdoors is addictive. It involves intense concentration. When I successfully focus on the crucial elements of a composition, I arrive at a serene perception of being part of a brief episode in time. While recording my impressions, sunlight moves, the temperature drops, wind sculpts the sky in a spectrum of colors. Often, I am a solo witness to the spectacular drama of late afternoon. I enjoy painting with oils on location and working in my studio when the seasons transform the landscape. New projects include oil and color pencil portraits, figurative and small oil paintings.

 

Janet Marie Yeates is a painter and graphic artist specializing in book design and promotions for artists, musicians, and arts and cultural organizations. She exhibits her paintings in Vermont galleries, including Bryan Gallery and Southern Vermont Arts Center. In New York State she shows at Cooperstown Arts Association, Gallery46, Birds of a Feather Studio & Gallery, LARAC, The Arts Factory of Montgomery County [TAF], 25 Main Collective, Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, and Ticonderoga Arts galleries, among others. She had a decade-long career as Graphic Artist and Executive Director of Schoharie County Arts Council. Janet studied drawing, painting, printmaking, and calligraphy at the High School of Music & Art, The Cooper Union, and Hunter College in New York City, earning a BFA. She recently moved from the southern Adirondacks to Johnstown, NY. 

 

—2026 Juried and Group Exhibits—

—2025 Juried and Group Exhibits—

• The Arts Factory of Montgomery County Membership Show • Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library 101725–122825

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2025 Membership Art Show, Gloversville, NY 103025–010826

• Juried: LARAC Annual Juried Exhibition: Good Feelings, Glens Falls, Juror: Anne Nelson 100325–110525

• Juried: Ticonderoga Arts (Ti-Arts): Visions, Ticonderoga, NY, Juror: John Hampshire 092425–101925

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Regional Art Show, Gloversville, NY 080825

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Harvest Art Show, Gloversville, NY 09–101925

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Winter Solstice Art Show, Gloversville, NY —031325 

• 25 Main Collective: Winter Panorama, Cherry Valley, NY

• Southern Vermont Arts Center "Fall/Winter All Member Exhibition" Manchester, VT

 

 

 

 

 

• Birds of a Feather Studio & Gallery, Chestertown, NY • year-round

 

—2024 Paintings and Fine Art Cards of Original Paintings—

• Wilson Museum Gallery Shop, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, year-round

 

 

 

 

 

—2023 Awards—

• Best French Azilum Painting award at the 2023 Susquehanna Summer Solstice Festival, French Azilum, PA: Juror: Rob Evans

• Honorable Mention for "Ghosts at Sun-up," Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) 2023 Open Juried Art Show: Jurors: Malcolm MacDougall and Evie Longhurst

• Community Choice Award for "Jim," Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, Gloversville, NY

 

—2023 Juried and Group Exhibits—

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, Gloversville, NY • Fall/Winter Show (4 ptgs) • 102623–010424

• Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT • Nature's Playground • 070723–090323

• Valley Artisans Market: Small Works Show, Cambridge • Thru 031423

 

 

 

 

—2022 Awards—

• Outstanding Portrait, View's 71st Annual Central Adirondack Art Show, Old Forge, NY. Juror: Ann Larsen

• Best of Show, 3rd Place, Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts

 

—2022 Juried and Group Exhibits (See Events for details)—

• Gallery46, Lake Placid • gallery46.org • Expanded gallery year-round 

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2022 NYS Summer Art Show  (3 ptgs) • 071422–090122

• Sacandaga Valley Arts Network [SVAN#2]  (3 ptgs) • 070122–082722

• Essential Art 31st Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association Galleries • 052022–062222

Jurors: Frank & Helene Manzo

• Arkell Museum • Art of New York 2022, Juror: Walter Hatke • 051322–072422

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT • Spring All Member Show (3 ptgs) • 040222–052222

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2022 Spring Art Show  (3 ptgs) • 042122–070722

• Sacandaga Valley Arts Network [SVAN#1]  (3 ptgs) • 0522–0722

• VIEW 71st Annual Central Adirondack Art Show, Old Forge, Juror: Ann Larsen • 040222–060522

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2022 Regional Art Show  (3 ptgs) • 031022–041422

 

2021 Juried and Group Exhibits (See Events for details)

• The Big/Little Show, LPCA, Lake Placid  (8 ptgs) 120221–121821

• TAUNY Holiday Showcase, Canton  102421—123121

• SVAN4, Sacandaga Valley Arts Network Gallery & Gift Shop, Northville, NY –010822

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) Open Juried Show  • (1 ptg) • 102821–112721

• NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery Juried Virtual Exhibition  (4 ptgs) • 101321–

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: 2021 Fall/Winter Show  (3 ptgs) • 102821–112721

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT: Member Show  (3 ptgs) • 100221–112821

• Arts Factory Member Show at Arkell Museum (2 ptgs) • 102221–123021

• ASA: Agricultural Stewardship Association 20th Annual Landscapes for Landsake  (10 ptgs) • 100921–103021 

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Membership Art Show  (5 ptgs) • 091621–102121

• SVAN2, Sacandaga Valley Arts Network Gallery & Gift Shop, Northville, NY 062121–082821 

• SVAN Honorable Mention: Juried Exhibition UPSTATE WATERS • Northville, NY 062121_092521

• SVAN1, Sacandaga Valley Arts Network Gallery & Gift Shop, Northville, NY 042921–061921 

• PAADK Inside/Out, Mountain Gallery, Glens Falls, NY 040121–042421

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, Spring Show 040321–060621

• VIEW Central Adirondack Art Show, Old Forge 040321–060621

• Gallery46, Lake Placid •  (15 ptgs) • gallery46.org • Expanded gallery 

• Picture Perfect Art Gallery, Canajoharie (10 ptgs) 

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Spring Show  (3 ptgs) • 021121–032521

 

2020 Juried and Group Exhibits (See Events for details)

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts Big Little Show • lakeplacidarts.org (5 ptgs) 120320–121920 

• Picture Perfect Art Gallery Holiday Show • Canajoharie (4 ptgs) 

• Saratoga-Arts: Annual Members Show • saratoga-arts.org (1 ptg) • 111420–010921

• Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: Fall/Winter Show  (3 ptgs) • 111220–012221

• The Arts Factory Members Show at Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library (3 ptgs) • 102820–123020

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, Members' Show (3 ptgs) • svac.org 101020–010321

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts Open Juried Art Show (3 ptgs) • lakeplacidarts.org 100120–111420 

• 85th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association • cooperstownart.com [Online 071020-081420] Juror Emma Golden

• Women's Movement: Art by, For and About Women, Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts • 011620–033120

• Annual Small Works Show, The Shirt Factory Gallery

 

2019 Awards

• FASO BOLD BRUSH CONTEST • FAV15% • Grey Robe, OCTOBER 2019

• First Place: Quick Draw, Morristown Public Library Plein Air Festival Juror: Kathy Kelly

 

2019 Juried and Group Exhibits (See Events for details about Plein Air festivals)

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT • Winter Wonderland • December 1–17, 2019

• VIEW's Wintry Mix, Old Forge, NY • November 15, 2019–January 11, 2020

• PAADK Plein Air Exhibit: Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls • November 1–27, 2019

• Saratoga Arts Members' Show • Holiday Potluck December 7, Six to Eight • November 9, 2019–January 4, 2020

• LPCA Big/Little Show • November 7–December 21, 2019, Reception November 7, Five to Seven

• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT • Autumn Angles Juried Member Show • October 12–December 1, 2019 

• LARAC, Glens Falls: The Process, Juror: John Hampshire • October 4–November 6, 2019

• Saratoga Arts: Student/Faculty Work • September 21 to–November 2, 2019

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts Annex, Salon des Refusés • Reception September 26 • Five to Seven

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts Open Juried Art Show • September 19–November 2, 2019 • Jurors: Holly Freisen, Tim Saternow 

• Frederic Remington Art Museum International Juried Art Exhibit, Ogdensburg • September 21, 2019 to January 12, 2020  •  Juror: Peter Russom 

• Eden Compton Studio and Fine Art Gallery: Plein Air Landscapes Saratoga Springs, NY • August 16 to September 6, 2019

• Tupper Arts Center, 46th Tupper Lake Art Show Tupper Lake, NY • Through September 7 • Reception 

• 11th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival Saranac Lake, NY • August 12 to 17, 2019 • Juror: Sarah Yeoman

• The Hyde Collection's Plein Air Festival, Glens Falls, NY • August 7 to 11, 2019 • Juror: George Van Hook

• Morristown Public Library Plein Air Festival Morristown, NY • August 1 to 4, 2019 • Juror: Carolyn Noble

• ADKAction Keeseville Plein Air Festival Keeseville and Essex, NY • July 10 to 14, 2019 • 3 Jurors

• Southern Vermont Art Center, Summer Member Show: Good Vibrations, Manchester, VT • July 20 to August 25, 2019

• Essential Art Regional of Cooperstown Art Association Cooperstown, NY • May 24 to June 26, 2019 • Jurors: Naomi and Roger DeMuth

• Frederic Remington Art Museum Members' Juried Art Exhibit, Ogdensburg • May 18 to September 15, 2019 • Juror: Rich Fedorchak 

• NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery, 2019 Juried Art Exhibit, Saranac Lake, NY • May 10 (Reception 5–7) to 30, 2019  • Juror Dr. Karen Blough. See 95 works by 72 artists.

• VIEW, Central Adirondack Art Show, Old Forge, NY • April 13 to June 9, 2019 • Reception: May 3 • Juror:

• SVAN Art Gallery, 303 South Main Street, Northville • April–June show

• Adirondack Artists Guild 21st Annual Juried Art Competition, Saranac Lake, NY • March 8 to April 20, 2019 • Juror Noreen Sadue

• The Artists' Space @ The National Bottle Museum, Adirondack Show, Ballston Spa, NY • February 3 to March 16, 2019 

• 2019 Juried Small Works at The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY • February 13 to March 23, 2019 • Juror Dave Francis

 

2018 Juried and Group Exhibits, Festivals (See Events for details)

• Crandall Library NCA Juried Show, Glens Falls, NY

• Saratoga Arts Annual Members Show, Saratoga Springs, NY

• McCartee's Barn Fine Arts & Antiques, Salem, NY • Fine art treasures to warm your home this season • Daily Wednesday through Sunday

• The Art of New York Annual Juried Art Show, Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library, Canajoharie • November 2 to December 30, 2018 • Reception December 7, Five to Seven • Juror: Corey Pitkin

• Southern Vermont Arts Center Fall Members' Show • Manchester, VT • A delightful show  in a spectacular setting. Through November 18, 2018.

• SVAN Art Gallery, 303 South Main Street, Northville • Fall/Winter show

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts 2018 Open Juried Art Show, Lake Placid, NY • September 21 to November 3, 2018 • Jurors: John Paul Gardner/David Monette, lakeplacidarts.org

• 5th Annual Adirondack Harvest Plein Air Festival, Ticonderoga, September 14 to 16, 2018 • Show & Sale at Ti Arts, Ticonderoga

• 4th Annual VIC Paint Out, Paul Smith's College VIC, September 1 to 8, 2018. Exhibit September 8 to October 8 • saranaclakeartworks.com 

• Frederic Remington Art Museum NYS Juried Art Exhibit, Ogdensburg • September 22 through January 13, 2019 • Juror Roger Bailey 

• Vantage Point, Juried Show, Southern Vermont Arts Center Juried Show, Manchester, VT • Juror: Robert Carsten • August 25 through September 30, 2018

• 10th Annual Adirondack Plein Air Festival, August 13 through 17, 2018 • saranaclakeartworks.com

• National Bottle Museum's Artist Space 10th Anniversary Show, Ballston Spa •  July 27 through September 1, 2018

• Silent Auction for ADKAction's Annual Meeting August 9, 2018 • adkaction.org

• Silent Auction Arts Celebration at ArtWorks/BluSeed, Saranac Lake • Now through event on July 27, 6pm • saranaclakeartworks.com

• Southern Vermont Arts Center Summer Member Show, Manchester, VT • July 14 to August 12, 2018 • svac.org

• SVAN Art Gallery, South Main Street, Northville • Visit the new Gallery location on summer weekends! • svanarts.org

• LARAC Members' Show, Glens Falls, NY • May 25 to June 30, 2018 

• Annual Juried Essential Art Regional, Cooperstown Art Association • May 25 to June 28, 2018  • Jurors: Paul Chapman and Corey Pitkin

• Frederic Remington Art Museum Members' Juried Art Exhibit, Ogdensburg • May 19 to September 9, 2018 • Juror Margaret Jacobs

• NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery fifth annual Juried Art Exhibit, Saranac Lake • Juror: Martha Deming • May 4 to 22, 2018

• Central Adirondack Art Show, Masters Division • April 14 to June 10, 2018 • Juror Stephen Fletcher

• Adirondack Artists Guild's 20th Annual Juried Art Competition • March 23 to April 21, 2018 • Juror Zack Lobdell

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts • Flower Power Juried Art Show • February 23 to March 31, 2018 • Jurors: Elizabeth LaBarge and Catherine Hartung

• Shirt Factory Gallery • Small Works 2018 National Exhibition • Still Life Award • February 14 to March 17, 2018 • Selection Juror: Ann Larsen • Prize Juror: Dave Francis

• Saunders Gallery of Fine Art • Showing Five Winter Oil Paintings through March, 2018.

• The J.F. Farm Store, in an historic Main Street, Northville, storefront. Some of my farm and food paintings are on display.

• Gallery 46, Lake Placid Center for the Arts • 2524 Main Street, Lake Placid.

 

2018 Awards

• Still Life Award: Shirt Factory Gallery • Small Works 2018 National Exhibition

• Masters Division, Central Adirondack Art Show, VIEW

 

2017 Awards

• First Place Award: Morristown Public Library Plein Air Festival

 

2017 Exhibits and Plein Air Festivals—

• Southern Vermont Arts Center Winter Member's Show • Manchester, Vermont

• Frederic Remington Art Museum: 2017 International Juried Art Exhibition • Juror: Stephen Horne • September 22, 2017 to January 14, 2018

• Lake Placid Center for the Arts: 2017 Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition • Jurors: Janet Millstein/Sue Lezon • September 22 to November 11, 2017

• Ti -Arts presents Adirondack Harvest Plein Air Festival in Ticonderoga • Friday through Sunday, September 22 to 24, 2017

• Round Lake Plein Air Festival • Saturday, September 16, 2017

• Plein Air at the VIC • Labor Day Week 2017 • New paintings exhibited at the VIC

• Adirondack Plein Air Festival based in Saranac Lake, NY • August 14 to 19, 2017 • A small group of artists had a special visit to Eagle Island to paint the historic great camp.

• Morristown Public Library Plein Air Festival • August 3 to 6, 2017

• Keeseville Plein Air Festival • sponsored by ADKAction • The inaugural event (July 13 to 16) invited a congenial group of artists to explore the historic town and dramatic Ausable River. Many patrons responded to the beautiful exhibit.

• Summer Breeze • Saunders Gallery of Fine Art, Glens Falls, NY • Exhibiting four Hudson River and Adirondack paintings, through August 31, 2017 

• 82nd Annual National Exhibition of Cooperstown Art Association, Juror: Larry Brown • ArtSpeak is on exhibit from July 14 through August 18, 2017.

• Gallery 46 (Lake Placid Main Street Gallery Store and Ticket Outlet) at 2524 Main Street, Lake Placid. I'm grateful to Jon Donk and LPCA for creating this Lake Placid opportunity. For more than a year and a half I've been exhibiting about twenty paintings and a large selection of premium notecards at this wonderful regional gallery. Stop in so Jon can give you a tour.

• Southern Vermont Arts Center Summer Member's Show • Manchester, Vermont • I have three Vermont paintings in the show which runs through September 10.

• Cape Air Gallery sponsored by Saranac Lake ArtWorks • 5 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY • A wonderful group show of ArtWorks members.

• 2017 NorthWind Fine Arts Juried Art Exhibit, Saranac Lake, NY Juror Kathleen Kolb  •  May 5 through May 25, 2017.

• 2017 Central Adirondack Art Exhibit, Old Forge, NY Awards Juror Anastasia Osolin  •  May 6 through June 11, 2017.

• 2017 LARAC Members Art Show, 7 Lapham Circle, Glens Falls, NY  •  May 13 through June 23, 2017.

• The J.F. Farm Store, in an historic Main Street, Northville, storefront. Some of my farm and food paintings are on display. Thanks to Anne-Marie and Brad Johnson and family for their dedication to healthful (and beautiful!) local food and creating an artful community experience that incorporates music, art, and dance.

• 2017  Members' Juried Art Exhibit (Reflection), Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY Juror Anne Swiderski May 20 through September 17, 2017.

• 2017  20th Annual Adirondack Artists Guild Juried Art Exhibition at 52 Main Street, Saranac Lake through April 12.

• 2017 Black & White Juried Art Show at Lake Placid Center for the Arts Jurors Diane E. Leifheit and Kent Streed. Ends March 18.

• 2017 Winter Wonders at the Paul Smith's VIC Gallery runs through March 31.

 

 

2016 Awards

2nd Place Award for ArtSpeak • Adirondack Artists Guild Juried Show, Juror Charles Atwood King

Masters Division • 65th Annual Adirondack Art Show, VIEW, Old Forge, NY

 

2016 National and New York State Juried Shows

• The 2016 Shirt Factory Gallery's Juried Small Works Show • Glens Falls, NY 

• Adirondack Artists Guild 18th Annual Juried Show • Saranac Lake, NY, Juror Charles Atwood King

• 2016 National Juried Small Works • The Bennington, Bennington, VT • May 7–December 18. 2016

• 2016 NorthWind Fine Arts Juried Exhibit • Saranac Lake, NY • Juror Cory E. Card

 

2015 Awards

2nd Place Tracy and David VanArnam Award • Morristown (NY) Public Library Plein Air Festival

Juror Sally Hartman

Juror's Citation, 80th Annual National Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

 Juror John Hampshire, July 10 to August 15, 2015

Masters Division Honorable Mention, 64th Annual Adirondack Art Show, VIEW, Old Forge, NY

Juror Bradley Butler (through June 21, 2015)

 

2015 National and New York State Juried Shows

• 4th Annual Juried Group Show | "Upstate Artists," Juried by John Van Alstine, reception Saturday, December 5, five to eight, show runs through January 10, 2016

• 2015 International Juried Exhibit, Juror Michael G. Kraik, at the Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY, through January 10, 2016

• Small Works National Juried Show at The Bennington, Bennington, VT, May 23 to December 20, 2015. 

• The Shirt Factory Gallery's Juried Small Works Show, held March 6 to April 4, 2015, included one of my Adirondack plein air paintings. shirtfactorygallery.com.

 

During 2015 I returned to all the painting retreats and festivals recalled on this page, and added some new adventures and venues, including a new solo show and two group shows at the Paul Smith's VIC gallery this fall. Mountain Time: Paintings by Janet Marie Yeates was a 2015 solo Catskill-area exhibition in September/October curated by master artist Stanley Maltzman. 2015 Invitational Show in Glens Falls, NY, sponsored by NCA/Rare eARTh Gallery and Events was on display from early May to mid-July.

 

Please look for the new NorthCountryARTS logo which I designed. It is on the web site (NorthCountryARTS.org), the 2015 exhibits rack card, show announcements, signage, and more. This is an energetic organization with great programming dedicated to promoting regional artists and artisans. Membership is open to artists and patrons. Many thanks to Fred Holman, Jacquiline Touba, and the NorthCountryARTS board and members for a great 2014 exhibition season in Chestertown, Glens Falls, and Salem, NY. The Art in Chestertown Bright Holidays show was very successful; thanks to all the patrons who invested in regional art and supported North Warren's 'Shop Outside the Box.'

 

2014 Recap

My first trip to Seneca Lake for the 2014 Seneca Lake Plein Air Painting Festival was delightful! Kim Aliperti and Joyce Toher and their active committee members planned a wonderful week of painting, exhibiting, and socializing with a friendly group of 30 artists. The community welcomed us and generous hosts made our stay extra special. Although the wind blew hard for a day, I completed five new paintings.

 

I participated in the New York Plein Air Painters Retreat at Great Camp Sagamore in September. We had wonderful weather and I enjoyed the company of a dozen congenial artists.

 

I enjoyed painting at the Morristown Public Library Plein Air Festival and Saranac Lake Artworks' Adirondack Plein Air Festival in August. Eric Rhoads' Publisher's Invitational at Paul Smith's in June was an inspiring event. 

 

The First Sacandaga Valley Arts Network (SVAN) ART TRAIL took place Saturday and Sunday, AUGUST 16 & 17, 2014.

Corey Pitkin and I painted on location at the Chamber Visitor Center, Vail Mills. The painting I completed on location is titled Souper Rhythms (the vegetables became a delicious soup, thanks to my friends at Johnson's Family Farm in Northville).

 

2014 JURIED SHOWS: NorthWind Fine Arts in Saranac Lake, 1st Annual Regional Juried Art Show: Juror Peter Russom chose two of my oil paintings: May Morning and Between Trains. Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA) 2014 Juried Art Show: two of my early summer paintings were on exhibit: Solar Cottage and May in the Hamlet. Paul Smith's College VIC Plein Air Invitational ran through August. Curator Sandra Hildreth chose two of my paintings from the Publisher's Invitational Paint Week this June. Paul Smith's College VIC included Black Pond Odyssey in the Life on the Lakes show in July; jurors Shawn Halpern and Burdette Parks. Buck Moon Arts Festival, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY, Through September 12. Two paintings were juried into the show by Rachel Seligman. A painting I did during Plein Air–Vermont was accepted in the Masters Division in the 63rd Annual Central Adirondack Exhibition at VIEW, Old Forge. Cooperstown Art Associations's 2014 Essential Art Regional included one of my farm panoramas. Winter Air, a juried show at VIEW, Old Forge, included three of my snow paintings. Two plein air works painted last fall were accepted in the 16th Annual Juried Art Competition at Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake. Juror: Laura von Rosk. Two smaller plein air alla prima paintings will be included in The Shirt Factory Gallery's Third Juried Small Works Show 2014. Juror: John Hampshire. Small Works Show 2014 at The Bennington, Bennington, VT, Into the Woods has been accepted for this national juried show which runs through December 21, 2014. thebennington.org. Shirley Hutchins, Gallery Director 

 

2013 was a great year.

 

Small Works and Plein Air–Vermont shows at The Bennington, Bennington, VT, closed on December 22, 2013.

 

5 December 2013: Juror's Choice Award, Art Historian James Kettlewell, Juror

Award for: Between Trains (Union Depot, Saranac Lake, NY)

North Country Arts Center's Annual Juried Show at Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY

 

"Seasons" at Mimosa  (see photo at bottom of page)

Janet’s paintings were featured at Mimosa Gallery, 489 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, in October, 2013. "It was a great experience and I'm grateful to everyone who came to the reception, the luncheon, and visited during the month. Michelle LaLonde and staff created a wonderful exhibit in the beautiful and welcoming gallery. Thank you all so very much! Mimosa has closed, and it will be sorely missed, but we'll strive to keep the spirit alive. Best of luck to Michelle in her other creative endeavors.

 

Janet’s work has received numerous awards and has been shown in juried exhibitions at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT; Cooperstown Art Association’s National and Regional Juried Shows; Adirondack Artists’ Guild, Saranac Lake; Lake Placid Center for the Arts; and Mimosa Gallery, Saratoga Springs. Group shows include the Central Adirondack Art Show at View, Old  Forge, and North Country Art Center’s Crandall Library and year-round Art in Chestertown exhibits.

 

Janet is a member of the Adirondack Mountain School of Painting, initiated at Plein Air Magazine/Eric Rhoads’ Adirondack Paint Weeks.

 

In 2013, she participated in several plein air events: Finger Lakes 2nd Annual Plein Air Festival in Canandaigua, NY; Adirondack Paint Week at Paul Smith’s; Morristown (NY) Plein Air Festival (Awarded Second Place); Adirondack Plein Air Festival in Saranac Lake (Awarded Honorable Mention); and the juried 4th Annual Plein Air–Vermont. Janet is an active member of NYPAP’s Mohawk Region Chapter and paints with other artists at historic and scenic locations and at annual New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP) fall retreats. Her paintings were shown in July at Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY.

 

In 2012, she attended festival/competitions in Canandaigua and Sackets Harbor (Awarded Honorable Mention). In August 2012, at her third Adirondack Plein Air Festival in Saranac Lake, she was awarded the Cover Art Award for a painting of the town’s restored train station. Between Trains is on the cover of the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce’s 2013–14 Visitors Guide, which Janet also designed. Last year she had solo shows in SVAN’s Gallery in Northville Public Library and at Alpine Lodge, North Creek.

 

Janet describes her motivation:

The challenge of painting outdoors is addictive. It involves intense concentration. When I successfully focus on the crucial elements of a composition, I arrive at a serene perception of being part of a brief episode in time. While recording my impressions, sunlight moves, the temperature drops, wind sculpts the sky in a spectrum of colors. Often, I am a solo witness to the spectacular drama of late afternoon.

 

Janet is a graphic artist specializing in book design and publications for artists, musicians, and arts and cultural organizations since 1991. She had a decade-long career as Executive Director of Schoharie County Arts Council. Janet studied drawing, painting, printmaking, and calligraphy at the High School of Music & Art, The Cooper Union, and Hunter College in New York City, earning a BFA.