Kelly Janecek

I think painters are like authors or poets, just telling our stories visually.  The most interesting stories to me are the ones that evoke an emotion and leave room for interpretation.  With painting, it’s not so much what I look at that matters but what I see.  Utilizing simple lines and color, I try and free the point-of-view from a realistic portrayal to describe visually what I wouldn’t be able to with words.

I paint florals and portraits. Florals lend easily to more abstracted interpretations by using color, size and shape. Portraiture for me is all about that moment when the lines begin to tell someone’s story.  I am continually drawn to how an up-turn of a line can create a smile in the eyes and the viewer can then begin to think of any number of possible narratives for the subject in the painting.