Janet Gammans
Janet Gammans is a painter who works from her studio in Orwell, South Cambridgeshire. Working in a semi-abstract, impressionistic and fine art style, she paints coastal scenes, the natural world, animals and abstract compositions, mainly in watercolour and acrylic medium. Her original paintings are sold through galleries across the UK, internationally via the web and supplying artwork to publishing companies worldwide.
She studied Advertising and Design at Havering Technical College from 1978 to 1981, then worked in advertising and design in London as a freelance graphic designer supplying finished artwork and packaging concepts to London-based international companies. She is also the owner and creative designer of the greeting card company Janet Gammans Art.
Whilst exhibiting in London at Bankside, Menier, Cork Street and Mall Galleries, she won several awards being a member of the Society of United Artists and is now currently a member of the Cambridge Drawing Society exhibiting widely in Cambridgeshire and galleries across the UK.
Artist Statement
I enjoy experimenting with all mediums but watercolour and acrylic are the ones I find most satisfying. Depending on the subject, I find that it would either lend itself to the delicate touches of watercolour or to the stronger and more vibrant colours of acrylic and each would allow me to translate a mood a subject might evoke.
I have come to realise that it's not what you paint that is important, but how you paint it. So in my interpretation of painting a subject I try to maintain the essence of what first inspired me to paint it. For me, what is fundamental in paintings are light, subtlety of colour, harmony, depth and drama while still staying true to the subject. In my finished work I hope that I have conveyed to the viewer a sense of mood which was present at the time of painting.
Work
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans
Photo: Janet Gammans