Exciting adventures – new places and experiences – have always energized me. Since it wasn’t often physically possible to experience what I considered “adventure” all that much, I turned to art early in my life as a way to create my own unique world of experiences. Incorporating art and design in my life has always been an elemental aspect of who I am.

I’ve worked with weaving and ceramics, graphic and interior design, but eventually settled into painting and the pastel medium. The pure pigment of soft pastels allows me to create compositions that push color relationships more intensely than other mediums I’ve worked with.

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.

Janet Rothermel