{"id":73261,"date":"2000-04-25T17:11:05","date_gmt":"2000-04-25T23:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=73261"},"modified":"2023-12-16T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T16:06:14","slug":"janet-ritchie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/janet-ritchie\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Ritchie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As I am from the Southwest I have an abiding love of our deserts, plants and iridescent sunset skies. Most of my subjects therefore have been landscapes, which I have depicted in forms ranging from <\/span>full figuration to full abstraction.\u00a0 <\/span>Formerly I worked extensively in watercolors and pastels, but today my passion is for oils. I am fond of the whimsical, often disposed to the quirky and wide open to that welcome moment of imagination psychologists call pareidolia<\/i>, when we activate the remarkable human ability to see patterns that don’t exist. Thus <\/span>I love to perceive in the obscure —\u00a0 <\/span>random images or patterns of light and shadow in nature —<\/span> something clear and meaningful, something I can try through art to let someone else\u00a0 <\/span>see.\u00a0 <\/span>My goal in all my paintings is to create enough interplay of elements that the viewer keeps discovering new things.<\/p>\n

Since my early years in Utah I have lived on both coasts, north and south, and travelled extensively in the US.\u00a0 <\/span>Recently I have developed a painterly interest in the Mediterranean and now take yearly sojourns in the South of France and Italy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a degree in graphic arts from Platt College, San Diego, CA. I have taught watercolor classes in the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 <\/span>My works have been shown and sold in Tacoma WA, Portland OR, Vancouver BC, San Diego CA, and Tubac & Tucson AZ.<\/p>\n

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\nhttps:\/\/www.janetritchiefineartstudioonline.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Mr. Wooly,” 2022, oil on board, 10 x 8 in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Beep Beep,” 2023, oil gold, leaf, cold wax on linen, 30 x 40 in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Jack,” 2023, oil, 12 x 12 in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Spring City Paint” 2022, oil, 30 x 40 in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Autumn Gold,” 2020, oil on board, 9 x 12 in.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Janet Ritchie, “Elvis,” 2022, oil on linen, 40 x 30<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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