When I'm painting I'm fulfilling my 'life contract,' doing
what it is I know I am here to do. I sense a connection to the earth and
its mystery when I hold the materials in my hands, and I become one with
the work when everything is free to flow. It's there in the painting where
our spirits connect."
Janice Wall found her love for drawing difficult to
transfer to painting at first. After years of working in watercolor,
acrylic and mixed media, she discovered the magic of pastels and never
looked back. When held in her hand, the soft sticks of pure color render
landscape with energy, mood and heart. Now Jan says she is delighted to be
able to paint and scribble at the same time.
Janice Wall is a Signature Member of the Northwest Pastel Society,
a member of Women Painters of Washington, Plein Air Washington, Barnworks
painting group of Vashon Island,
WA
and manager
of the Vashon Island Art Studio Tour.
EDUCATION
Art Institute of Seattle. Diploma with honors, 1986
University of Washington. B.A. in Art Education, 1975
University of Washington. B.F.A. in Interior Design, 1970
EXPERIENCE
Artist
Graphic Designer
Public School Art Instructor
Interior Designer
RECENT EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2009 • November-December Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Connections" Show Featured Artist
2009 • July-August
American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 23rd International Open Exhibit
Espada Award for "Villa on the Hill"
2009 • August
Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Northwest Pastel Society Signature Members' Invitational Exhibit
2008 • November
Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
Solo Pastel Show
2008 • August
Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Northwest Pastel Society Signature Members’ Invitational Exhibit
2007 • October
Hardware Store Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
Vashon Island Plein Air Show
Best of Show for "Lavender Hill"
First Place People's Choice Award for "Deer Harbor through Birch Trees"
2007 • September
Gallery 10, Lopez Island, WA
Northwest Pastel Society Plein Air Exhibit
2007 • August
Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Northwest Pastel Society
2007 Members' Exhibit
2007 • July-August
Insights Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Plein Air Washington's "Art of the Islands"
2007 • June-July
American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 21st International Open Exhibit
Pastel Painters' Society of Cape Cod Award for "Confrontation"
2006 • September
Harbor Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 20th International Open Exhibit
HK Holbein, Inc. Award for "Lavender Farm"
2006 • May
Clymer Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 2006 Members' Exhibit
Honorable Mention for "Poppy Field, Giverny"
2006 • January-March
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 2006 Special Members' Exhibit
2005 • July-August
Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 19th International Open Exhibit
2005 • March-April
Ideation Gallery, Olympia, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 2005 Members' Exhibit
Best of Show for "Walla Walla Backroad" |