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Janet Onofrey | Weston FL | Associate Member |
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Before the Day Begins |
Royal Saxon |
Free as a Bird |
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We live in a time and culture where millions of images bombard our senses at incredible speeds relentlessly from everywhere. But are we really seeing? There are things we don’t see, even when we are looking straight at them, and other things we stare at obsessively, so that we are blind to everything else. This is human nature. My plein air paintings deal with the act of seeing and the passage of time. The essence of the plein air experience is to capture a moment, using paint to express a self reflective response to a view. My subject matter is not particularly spectacular, but scenes that are routinely overlooked - the unseen. Without the distraction of people, the city’s character shines yet remains a stage for its residents and their lives. Taking the time to actually see the subject, to connect, for a few hours, blends the moments of the act of seeing with my personal history. And in a blink of an eye, the art illuminates the object and raises the viewers’ consciousness and field of vision. To find beauty in the ordinary alters the object that is seen and transforms the seer, never to be the same.
Exhibits: "60th Annual All Florida", Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton FL / "One", Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Exhibition Series, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale FL / "Utopia Subdivided" solo, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah GA / "American Women Artists National", Dallas TX / "New Work", Broward College Central Campus Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL / "SECAC Conference Members", 1708 Gallery Richmond VA / Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, NC / "Where I’m From", RFD Gallery, Swainsboro GA / "Vernissage" 2007 solo, Lacoste, France / "American Impressionist Society National" 2007, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago IL / "Plein Air Easton National" 2005, Easton MD / "21st Anniversary-Palm Beach Watercolor Society", Palm Beach FL/ "Directors Invitational" 2004, Coral Springs Artist Guild, Coral Springs FL / "Impressions", 2003 solo, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise FL/ Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Fort Lauderdale FL / "Impressions of Old Florida" 2004-10, Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale FL / "Paint the Town", Alla Prima Fine Art, Saint Petersburg FL / "Inspirations" 2003-05, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach FL / "Artescape", Gallery Victoria, Naples FL | |||
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