What makes Janet Fish unique?

Janet Fish is an American realist painter known for her colorful still-life paintings. With particular attention to transparency and reflective light, Fish often chooses glass, plastic-wrapped fruit, or mirrors as her subject matter, rendered in precise calligraphic brushstrokes.

What inspired Janet Fish?

Artist Profile: Janet Fish Janet Fish is a contemporary realist painter and printmaker who was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1938, and was raised on the island of Bermuda. Her grandfather, Clark Voorhees, was an American Impressionist painter who inspired Janet.

How old is Janet Fish?

83 years (May 18, 1938)
Janet Fish/Age

Where is Janet Fish from?

Boston, MA
Janet Fish/Place of birth

When was Janet Fish born?

May 18, 1938 (age 83 years)
Janet Fish/Date of birth

Janet Fish (born May 18, 1938) is a contemporary American realist artist. Through oil painting, lithography, and screenprinting, she explores the interaction of light with everyday objects in the still life genre.

When did Janet Fish start ART?

Fish has remarked that this, as well as the intense light, vibrant colors, and dense vegetation of the island, may have influenced her later choices of style and subject matter. At age 11, Fish took art classes and helped her mother in her pottery studio.

Where did Janet Fish go to school?

Yale University
Yale School of ArtSmith College
Janet Fish/Education
Her early passions were for sculpture and printmaking, interests fostered by an apprenticeship with artist Byllee Lang during her youth, and the artistic endeavors of her family. She formally studied these subjects at Smith College, and went on to obtain her MFA from Yale University in 1963.

When did Janet Fish start art?