ABOUT THE ARTIST
She writes, “In the American South West I discovered my love of bold color contrast: the brilliant blue skies against red and ochre rocks, vistas that were bathed in sunlight, the desert feeling of quiet space, a stillness that became meditative. My art was filled with jewel like tones and colors. I revisited the South West to learn more.
These brilliant jewel like colours were also found in the medieval icons which I loved to imitate at The Cleveland Museum of Art or the Chiesas in Florence or the Cathedrals in Europe. I sketched Padernal Mountain at Sunrise! -like the colors of a stained glass window.”
In Retirement from teaching Jeannette could concentrate more on a sustained painting practice. In 2019 she rented a Studio Space which allowed for time and place to make a series of paintings.
C.V. or Exhibition List
Jeannette has exhibited her art locally in Group Shows, most recently at The Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Toronto, Ontario 2018, 2019 and at Islington United Church on Burnamthorpe Rd in Toronto. In 2018 she designed a banner for the exterior of the SMM Church on Manning St in Toronto. She has contributed several ecclesiastical banners for Christian Reformed Churches in Scarborough and Willowdale, Ontario, 1980-1990.