About Janet Pedersen

As a plein air and studio painter, I am inspired by patterns of light and shadow in a landscape and the architecture and geometry of an urban setting. I work to capture the ever-changing light and how this can alter a scene in moments, opening up new visual possibilities. Sometimes I can capture a painting in a few hours. Other times I rework my painting back in my studio, where I have an opportunity to take my painting into a new or different realm, if that is what it takes to find a better sense of balance or wholeness. I want the viewer to feel as if I have just captured what ultimately drew me to my subject in the first place.

Janet Pedersen is an award winning landscape and figurative painter, based in Brooklyn, NY. Several of her dance themed paintings were chosen to be part of the State Department’s ‘Art in Embassies’ program in an exhibition at the Residency of the U.S. Ambassador to Poland. Pedersen is a member of 440Gallery in Brooklyn NY, and teaches ongoing adult workshops through The Art Annex in Park Slope Brooklyn and Winslow Art Center. Her work is owned internationally.