en Plein Air
I love to paint outside and race to bring the light to my paintings before it changes. This is my latest painting, "Sunset Along the Trent" painted in New Bern, NC on August 11, 2020.
Portrait of a Sunflower
I painted this sunflower en Plein Air. I love to be outside and breathe the air as I try and capture the beauty outside.
en Plein Air
Janet paints outside as often as she can. She becomes so engrossed in her work that one time a snake slithered through her legs as she painted.
Creating a Feeling
Janet's work often evokes a memory or a feeling of another time and place.
A PORTRAIT - A COLLECTION OF 12 COLLAGES
Thoughts from the artist and others...
"Life is simple and deep; we make it complex and shallow."
-Attributed to Mister Fred Rogers
"I like to 'live in the moment' something that is increasingly hard to do in these modern times. What I try to do with my art is to capture a moment of beauty that may have been missed, so that the moment is preserved and enjoyed again and again."
-Janet Dixon
"I do not know you God because I am in the way. Please help me push myself aside.
-Flannery O'Connor
"Painting is a gift from God. At times it is an unquenchable passion; at other times it is a tedium which requires discipline. I will paint as long as I have the health to do so. It is my joy to produce artwork that uses light to pull the viewer in and then captures their heart with the subject. Often I tell those individuals who purchase my work, 'I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting it!'"
-Janet Dixon
