"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,
an Associate Painter of Plein Air Washington,
a member of Barnworks painting group of Vashon Island, WA
and is manager of the biannual 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
 
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"