Janet Rothermel

Click Image to View More WorkI enjoy the empowerment that comes from combining blank sheets of paper, graphite lines and individual sticks of pigment, into something altogether new that cannot be reproduced in exactly the same way again. There is a rightness about that aspect of the painting process, in that it echoes the experience of living and the changes that take place in nature, minute by minute.

Exciting adventures new places and experiences have always energized Janet. Since it was not often physically possible to experience what she considered adventure all that much, she turned to art early in her life as a way to create her own unique world of experiences. Incorporating art and design in her life has always been an elemental aspect of who Rothermel is.

I'm self-taught in pastel and always look forward to the adventure I know I'll find with each piece. I'm energized by the color interactions that take place as I move through a painting and because the experience is so intimate and new, there's never a dull moment when I'm working on a composition.