A lifetime retrospective of the paintings of Janet Alling, this collection includes both watercolors and oils and features her main interest, the process of painting from direct observation of plants in natural light. Alling’s paintings are a development and progression of formal visual ideas, color exploration, light, composition, scale, and the phenomena of the natural world.

“Janet Alling’s flowers are pure New England.  They are civilized and isolated.  They are decorous, contained, and make no overture to fashion.  The mystery of meaning reminds me of Emily Dickinson.  The paintings are straight forward and impenetrable.” – Alex Katz, an American figural artist associated with the Pop art movement, Alex Katz works can be found in the collections of Tate Modern and MOMA.

“These are not ordinary flower paintings.  They are flower pieces that have action and an emotional charge to them.  They range from elegance to mystery to drama.” – Will Barnet, artist whose works have entered virtually every major collection in the US, including, the National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum

About the Author: Janet Alling

ISBN: 978-0-8253-0635-8
$30.00 Hardcover
Art: Individual Artist
112 pages 9.5 x 10

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