Member Biography

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Janet Hamilton resides in Everett, Washington but was educated in Kansas where she grew up. At the University of Kansas under the mentorship of Robert Sudlow (the "Monet of the midwest"), she learned to love the challenge and rewards of painting the landscape "plein aire." Janet developed her own style in pastels when she later studied at the Art Students League of Denver as well as through various workshops and painting trips. She now paints outdoors (when it is not raining) and in her Everett studio. Janet's strongly composed work captures the subtlest colors and atmosphere of a place. What excites her most as an artist is color and movement. There is a sense of energy in her strokes which renders the life "out there" as well as "within herself."

Whether Janet is painting clouds, trees, buildings or water, her attention is on the way light touches each form in a beautiful way and on the patterns that are created by light and shadow. Janet's paintings have been exhibited nationally and have won many awards . She teaches pastel classes in Everett and occasional workshops. Her work can be seen in several regional galleries as well as on her website.

• Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Show, Arts Council, Everett, WA
• West Coast Paper Co. Annual Juried Show (juror), Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Honey I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
• Visions of Spain, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
• Fresh Paint Art Festival, Everett Marina, Everett, WA
• Art of the Garden, Art Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA
• Museum of Northwest Art Auction, LaConner, WA
• Art of Science Exhibit, Arts Council, Everet
• Skagitonians Preserve Farmland Show, Edison Eye Gallery, Bow, WA
• Northwest Pastel Society Show, Blue Creek Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
• Rexville Grange Fall and April Shows, Rexville Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
• Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island

• Personal Places solo exhibit, Bon Marche Gallery - Seattle, WA
• Solo Exhibition, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
• Rexville Grange Gallery April Show, Rexville Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
• Honey I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Is, WA
• Art and All That Jazz, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham
• WPW Juried Show, University House, Issaquah, WA
• Skagitonians Preserve Farmland Show, Edison Eye Gallery, Bow, WA
• Fresh Paint Art Festival, Everett Marina, Everett,WA
• MONA Gala Auction, MONA Art Museum, LaConner, WA
• Camano Island Studio Tour, Camano Island
• Views of France, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham
• AAUW Show, Grange Hall, Stanwood, WA
• NPS Signature Members' Show, Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah
• WPW Members Show, Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland, WA
  

• Puget Sound Country Exhibition, Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA
• Art of the Garden, Everett Art Center, Everett, WA
• Fresh Paint, Everett Waterfront, Everett, WA
• Skagitonians Preserve Farmland Art Show, Edison Eye Gallery, Bow, WA
• WPW Membership Show, Burien Arts Gallery, Burien, WA
• Honey, I Shrunk the Art, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA
• Paint the Town, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
• Reflections WPW Fall Show, Olympic Gallery, Olympia, WA
• AAUW Annual Show, Stanwood, WA
• Four Pastel Artists, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
• 5 Springs, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Rexville Grange Gallery Spring & Fall shows, Rexville Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
• France group show, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WNorthwest Pastel Society National Show, Gig Harbor, WA
• WPW Show, Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA
• Camano Island Artists' Studio Tour, Camano Island, WA

• Toy Memories, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Northwest Pastel Society Member's Show, Firdale Gallery, Edmonds, WA
• Fall Exhibition, Rexville Grange Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
• Invitational Miniature Show, History of the World Gallery, Stanwood
• Skagitonians Preserve Farmland Show, Edison Eye Gallery, Bow, WA
• Solo Show, Vanilla Bean Coffee House, Mukilteo, WA
• AAUW Annual Juried Show, Grange Hall, Stanwood, WA
• An Art Odyssey, Everett Art Center, Everett, WA
• Eclectic Visions, Sydney Gallery, Port Orchard, WA
• Everett Annual Juried Show, Everett Art Center, Everett, WA
• Natural Selection, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Epic Passages, Nordic Heritage Museum, Ballard, WA
• Camano Island Art Tour, Camano Island, WA
• Artist of the Year 2001 solo exhibition, Arts Center, Everett, WA
• Rexville Gallery spring show, Rexville Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA
  

• 2007 EAFA Award - Northwest Pastel Society International Show
• 2007 Elsie Weiner Award - WPW Membership Show
• One of Pastel Journal's National 2003 "Top 100 Pastels"
• Best of Show - Women Painters of Washington 2002 Membership Show
• "Snohomish County Artist of the Year 2001"
• 1st Place - Mukilteo Juried Art Show - 1999 & 2000
• 1st Place - Sky Valley Artist Guild Show - 1998
• 1st Place - Stanwood-Camano Annual Juried Show - 1994

• Afishionado Gallery - 1900 W. Nickerson #101, Seattle, WA 98119 (206)283-5078
• Blue Horse Gallery - 301 W. Holly - Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 671-2305
• Anabel's Gallery - 2531 Broadway - Everett, WA 98201 (425) 258-6402
• Everett Art Center - 2531 Broadway - Everett, WA 98201 (425) 258-6402
  

• Evergreen Hospital - Kirkland, Washington
• The Everett Clinic - Everett, WA
• City of Everett - Police headquarters, Vav Valey House and the Arboretum
• Providence General Hospital, Everett, WA
• Earl of Abercom, Belle Isle Castle, Northern Ireland

• Signature Member, Northwest Pastel Society
• Women Painters of Washington
• Pastel Society of America
• Plein Air Painters of Washington

TEACHING

• Pastel Painting, Everett, WA

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