For artist, Janis Sanders, each painting is an individual journey, much like a musical score, in which one leads the other in tandem to completion. Some directions are more familiar, others open the doors wide to new latitudes and longitudes. You find both in this show. But where does the inspiration the drive, the desire come from? The Masters? Other creatives?
Category: Janis Sanders
Updates and Changes for Summer 2020 – It’s the Way We Roll
Like all businesses all over the world, across the country, and here in the Kennebunks, we have learned to adapt and change. With the help of our artists, our clients, and our staff we have found incredible success during this time. Thanks to you all. With that said, we thought we would keep you updated… Read more »
8th Annual Choice Art Show and Block Party 2019
This year we began with seventy-eight original works from thirteen artists; six pieces each. Then, as most of you know, this is where the process begins. Between the artist, local designer Louise Hurlbutt from Hurlbutt Designs, and you the voters, the show was curated down to three pieces from each artist. These three were carefully “chosen” to be in the show, and we so appreciate all the help we had making these difficult decisions. The three choices for each artist were just as arduous this year as in the past.
The Big Blue Sky – notes from Artist Janis Sanders
“One dominant theme growing up was a tremendous, mainly unspoken, sense of bonding and loyalty,” says Sanders. “My blue skies are not just a pretty thing, but for me, come from the need for a place to escape and also soar. I take pleasure in common, small, everyday things: what I paint, what I say. what I think, what I feel, who I am.”
Trip Park, Liz Hoag, and Janis Sanders – Three Artists, Three Rooms, One Show
What happens when three amazing artists come together in one place? A celebration of beauty, fun, and a place loved by so many—Maine. Shows on Maine Art Hill in Kennebunk is hosting a three-artist show, featuring the works of painters Trip Park, Liz Hoag, and Janis Sanders. Work is on display for three weeks, beginning… Read more »
Janis Sanders – New Work, Same Voice
“Man’s integration with and interdependence with nature was clear to me at an early age with the immersion in the agricultural environment a stone’s throw from home. This gave me an early foundation and appreciation for the bounties that surround us in the natural environment.” Janis Sanders has always found his inspiration from the outside… Read more »
6th Annual Choice Art Show – Cliff House and Roses by Janis Sanders
**Come meet Janis at Toroso on Tuesday, June 20th from 5-7. Click here for details. “This spot at the end of land at Bailey Island, Maine is continually overflowing with beauty and drama. The surf somehow dips and pounds the shore even on, what appear to be, calm ocean water days,” says Janis Sanders. “The… Read more »
Creating a Moment – Janis H. Sanders
The richness and light found in the collective work of Sanders’ solo show at Maine Art Gallery is spectacular. His classic blue sky has taken on a fresh glow, his structures and landscapes contain fine details in vibrant colors, and the body of work itself contains a great deal of Maine imagery. This show has found a perfect home in our Kennebunk gallery.
A Question of Why and When – Insights into Janis Sanders
“At times the small finishing touches on a painting become the most important. It may be just a tweak, a tiny bit of color, a pastel shade, or a deep rich shadow. My instinct tells me the right place,” says Sanders. “They harmonize with the previous hours of work, and the piece begins to hum. Without these small changes and additions something indefinable, but nevertheless crucial, is simply lacking, wanting and incomplete.”
Janis Sanders – New Works at Maine Art Paintings and Sculpture
Sanders is an accomplished oil painter, who has won awards for his distinctive painting style. He melds elements of American Realism with Modernism/Impressionism for a dramatically contemporary visual result. Many of Sanders’ paintings are done outside or “en plein air”, a method introduced by French artists, which means “open air”.