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"