Janis Schilling is a watercolor artist, residing in Twinsburg, Ohio.

She is originally from Michigan and is a graduate of Central Michigan University with a major in art. She began her career with a love for the northern Michigan woods and a desire to paint landscapes. This love for art has been extended to others through her career as an art teacher. She completed her graduate work at West Virginia University, receiving a Masters' degree in Art with a major in painting. Janis is also a signature member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.

Janis continues to paint out of her Ohio studio and shows her work at galleries and at art shows across America. She also does commercial design work and produces her own signed and numbered limited-edition prints and notecards.

Art

"I am much more interested in how the subject feels to me, rather than how it looks. I am certainly not a realistic painter, but I usually have a representational subject in mind. I love to shoot photography and I often use it as subject matter, but I also paint outdoors as often as I can."

Janis works primarily in transparent watercolor with a traditional watercolor style. She paints on Cresent watercolor board, with honey based Graham watercolor paints. Her choice of subject gravitates towards landscape and florals. She is most interested in subjects that allow her to use large sweeping washes as under-glazes, and often paints with a wet into wet style. Using a fine spray bottle of water, the artist mists the composition while continuing to add color and shape. As the composition builds with layers of washes, the use of a continuous spray keeps the edges soft and atmospheric.

Janis lived in Southwestern Pennsylvania for over 20 years and has created many compositions of the flowing Pennsylvania mountains and woods. She also spends a great deal of time in Northern Michigan, painting from the grand landscapes of the north. Her love of crisp winter scenes is a reflection of the beautiful northern Michigan woods. She continues to complete new compositons for galleries and shows, which will be posted on the website for viewing.

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