Janet Fish

          Janet Fish has a style similar to Audrey Flack of painting in a photorealistic manner. She was born in Boston to a family full of artists and art historians. Throughout school she focused on Abstract Expressionism but strayed away from it and its lack of creative freedom. She began to paint everyday physical objects and her style developed into painting jars, vases, fruit, and anything with a reflective surface. Fish loves painting glassware because the reflections create beautiful shapes and change the lighting or distort the shape on the other objects.

I love her work because she is gifted with recreating reflective and transparent surfaces. The reflections in one object have an influence on other objects, creating unity throughout each piece. Reflections are incredibly challenging so I definitely commend her for being able to get it right. Each painting, like Audrey Flack, is highly saturated and aesthetically pleasing. However, instead of being a vanitas like Flack’s the combination of objects almost tell a story in itself.