EDUCATION: Master of Arts, California State University at Long
Beach, 1982
EMPLOYMENT: Self employed as a professional artist since 1973,
business name: Janusz Studio By The Lake, Hope Idaho. Part owner
of Art Works Gallery in Sandpoint, Idaho. Summer Watercolor
Workshops, Studio by the Lake. Participant of Open Studio Tours
Northwest. Instructor, California State University at Long Beach
1987. Watercolor workshops, Lectures and demonstrations to Art
Guilds and Art Associations through out the country, 1982 to
present.
SELECTED GROUP AND INVITAIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Clymer Museum of Art 2007, Ellensburg WA/ Exhibition
Rocky Mountain National/ Gold Medallion
Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Women’s Painters of the West/ Ruth Elliot Award
Westwood Center for the Arts / Best of show Award, CA.
Centre International D`Art, Paris France
Watercolor West, Signature member
Montana Watercolor Society
Idaho Watercolor Society
San Diego Watercolor Society
North West Watercolor Society
Springfield, IL Watercolor Society
Universal Studios, Universal City, CA televised “specials”
Salmagundi Club, New York, N.Y.
Smithsonian Institute National Art Train
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
Riverside Art Museum, California
Conejo Valley Art Museum, California
Santa Paula Museum, CA
Anaheim Cultural Arts Center, CA
Huntington Beach Library, CA, solo exhibition
Long Beach Playhouse, CA, solo exhibition
Beverly Hills Women’s Club, CA, solo exhibition
Metropolitan Opera House, WA, solo exhibition
Landmark Square Dedication, CA solo exhibition
Toepel Gallery, Kirkland WA, solo exhibition
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
“In Watercolor” Rockport Publishers, Rockport MA
“California Art Review” Survey of leading artists
Fly Fisher Magazine of the Foundation of Fly Fishers
Sandpoint Magazine, Idaho, Cover painting- Visitor Guide
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Timeless moments in the studio transforming my imagination to
collaborate with my emotion and memory. I realize while I am
painting I have the choice of trusting the true nature of my
experience, freeing myself to the newness of each moment, constantly
clearing away thoughts and fears that have obstructed the trust
that the painting can paint itself. I find myself dissolving
into the clear water and purity of paint flowing on to the paper.
One stroke leads to the next. The act of painting comes out
of the now. I must be fully present with an open heart and mind,
open to all possibilities. This openness is not an absence of
thought but a clear attentiveness to the moment. It is not by
effort but by letting go that the painting becomes its essence.
I feel the act of painting nourishes my soul and the completed
painting nourishes the soul of others. I am truly thankful for
the journey.
