About Janet

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial Black" >Horse Art and More       Janet Carmichael Paintings</FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial Black" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>  |    </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horse Art and More Janet Carmichae"><U><B> Home</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>About Janet</B>   |   <A HREF="murals_custom_art.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals"><U><B>Murals</B></U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Custom Paintings"><U><B>Custom Paintings</B></U></A>   |   <A HREF="master_page_of_paintings_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paintings Gallery"><U><B>Paintings Gallery</B></U></A>   |   <A HREF="benefits_to_you.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Benefits to You"><U><B>Benefits to You</B></U></A>   |   <A HREF="ordering_contact_info.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering /Contact Info"><U><B>Ordering /Contact Info</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">  </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4889bc00.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </B></div> <div> <B> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> About Janet</div> <div> <IMG SRC="5952c380.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="652" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1893 WIDTH="640"><div> <B>Why "Horse Art and More"?</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >"I have always wanted to bring something different to my equestrian art than what I'd seen elsewhere; not just paint horse portraits. I wanted to bring the essence of horses and riding to the work which you can see in the pieces in</FONT><B> <A NAME="in_horse_imagery__that_s_what_i_want_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>"<A HREF="horse_imagery_paintings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Horse Imagery"><U>Horse Imagery</U></A>"<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >. That's what I want to offer people; an insight into my passion for horses that may reflect theirs; to offer something unique and interesting, strong and rich, to make it, at times, extraordinary. That's what I want to do with my art-get to the heart of the matter, represent literally and figuratively." </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Naturally, life consists of more than horses, hence the "More" in the website name. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Of her other subject matters, she says</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT></div> <bR> <div> "My intention with the other subject matters close to my heart : <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="house_portrait_paintings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="House Portraits"><U>House Portraits</U></A></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="still_life_paintings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Still Life"><U>Still Life</U></A></FONT>, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="seascapes_paintings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seascapes"><U>Seascapes</U></A></FONT>, and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="outdoors_paintings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Outdoors"><U>Outdoors</U></A> <A NAME="outdoors"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </FONT>, (which are handled in a more straight-forward way), is to bring some extra life to these subjects through composition, colour and brush-stroke.</div> <bR> <div> My scenic painting work is always challenging, fun and wonderfully creative. I love painting in film because there are so many like-minded people working together. I bring what I've learned there to my custom mural work." <A HREF="murals_custom_art.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals"><U> See </U></A> <A NAME="muralscustom_art"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="murals_custom_art.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Murals"><U>Murals</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Of course I do commissions! See <A NAME="see_custom_paintings_for_samples_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Custom Paintings"><U>Custom Paintings</U></A></FONT>" for samples.</div> <bR> <div> <B>And now those essential art credentials!</B></div> <bR> <div> Janet Carmichael is an award-winning oil painter who works on commissions and exhibition pieces in her home studio near Toronto.  As well as a scenic artist in film, she paints residential murals for private clients. She has created art all of her life, with an aim to make it unique and fresh. Her work has been described as vivid, colourful, strong, expressive and original.</div> <bR> <div> In 1994, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Art at the renown Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. Among Janet's studio advisors were such artistic luminaries as Garry Kennedy, Susan Wood, Leya Evelyn, Gerald Ferguson and Ed Porter. </div> <bR> <div> It was there that she won a Third Prize in the Liquitex International Student Art Award in painting for six submitted works; the only student at the college to do so in any discipline.</div> <bR> <div> She augmented her studio work at NSCAD with summer programmes in Europe and England. She attended the English Art History program at University of Cambridge in the U.K. and the summer programmes of figure painting and drawing at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College of London, London and in Paris and Vienna, through the Fine Art Department of Wilfrid Laurier University, where her studio instructor was Michal Manson.</div> <bR> <div> Since graduating, she has been represented by various galleries, including Golden Horse Gallery in California, Kensington Gallery in Calgary and Secord Gallery in Halifax. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in public and commercial spaces across the country and creates commission pieces of all subject matters. Her scenic painting in film has developed into mural painting in the off season.</div> <bR> <div> Janet has collectors of her originals and commissions in the U.S.A., Canada, and the U.K. Her work is purchased by private and corporate collectors and by interior designers.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="58fc21a0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Working on a commission in her studio</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5bef0b40.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="5b2faad0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    </div> <div> <I>"The Cowbell Show"                  "The Other Half Show"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="592fa210.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>At her show in Midhurst Ontario</I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="640"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="640" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="640"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="640" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>