About Janet
Janet Waters, a native of Baltimore, grew up in a family filled with creativity. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and a sizable extended family, all created wonderful and useful things with their hands. They all share in bringing a multitude of skills and sensibilities to her work.
By age seven, Janet was designing and making doll clothes based on the styles of the 1950’s. By age eight, she was knitting her first sweater. She continued expanding her skills and interest in… more
Mountains
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Greenscape
This watercolor depicts a very abstract green space. It measures 30" x 22"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Range Orange
This watercolor depicts a mountain range. It measures 24" x 18", 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Mountain Lake
This watercolor depicts a mountain lake flowing down and settling in a large crater. It measures 22" x 30", 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Earth, Wind, and Fire
This watercolor depicts a hillside with rocks sliding down the slope. It measure 24" x 18"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Down the Slope
This watercolor is of a hillside using a variety of bright colors, wax pastels, and archival ink. It measures 24" x 18"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Flying Home
This small abstract landscape reveals a mountain range with birds flying home. It measures 4" x 6"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Amber Hillside
This watercolor painting was created in golds, browns and archival black ink to depict a hillside filled with loose rocks. it measures 12" x 9"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Verdant Valley #3
This watercolor of gold and green with touches of brown depicts a mountain range with 3 birds flying in. It measures 12" x 9"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Azure Mountains
Abstract landscape of mountains created with watercolor paint and archival ink. It measures 24" x 18"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Mayhew's Muse
I love the vivid colors and open and flowing landscapes in Richard Mayhew's paintings. My painting, Mayhew's Muse, is my interpretation of his style.
Misty Works
These paintings focus on misty atmospheres.
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Blue Lagoon
This watercolor depicts a beach scene with a blue mist in the air. It measure 30" x 24"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Purple Haze
This watercolor was created to depict a far away mountain range with a purple mist enveloping it. It measures 22" x 30", 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Underwater scenes
These paintings depict water in different ways.
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Sea Swirls
This watercolor depicts an underwater scene with water swirling flanked by tall coral and water lilies. It measures 32" x 52": 100% watercolor paper.
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Coral Reefs
This watercolor depicts an underwater scene filled with coral and other growing plants. It measure 24" x 18"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Sea the Desert
This watercolor depicts an imaginary scene underwater. It measures 14" x 11", 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Sea Arc
This is one of my favorite paintings. I love the sea and underwater life and this piece makes me feels as though I am right there in the water.
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Fabric Sculptures
These hanging sculptures were created with quilting fabric supported by a stiff interfacing to give them structure.
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Emanon #2
This sculpture was created to play once again with sensual curves. It is part of a private collection.
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Emanon #1
This fabric sculpture created with sensual curves in red and black fabrics. it is part of a private collection.
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Candy Stripes
This sculpture consists of long wavy oranges tentacles flowing like dripping candy. It is part of a private collection.
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Purple Waves
This sculpture, Purple Waves, has multiple levels appliquéd on the large wave to give depth. It is part of a private collection.
Metallics
These paintings are created on black paper with metallic watercolor paints and metallic pencils.
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Zen
Metallic watercolor measuring 16" x 20"; black watercolor paper.
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Jabbawalker
This is another metallic watercolor measuring 16" x 20"; black watercolor paper.
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Metallic #10
Another metallic watercolor that measures 12" x 9".
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Metallic #8
This watercolor measures 9" x 12"; black paper.
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Metallic #7
This is one of a series of watercolors created on black paper using metallic paint and pencils. it measures 12" x 9".
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Quilted wall hangings
All of these fiber pieces are made with mostly with cotton fabrics and several different kinds of embellishments, such as buttons or metal bits.
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Cowrie on View
This quilted wall hanging made of brown, gold and black fabrics and embellished with cowrie shells. It is part of a private collection.
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Uneven Edges
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A Tree On Collins Street
This colorful quilted wall hanging pieced for the background and appliquéd for the foreground: the tree, house and leaves. It measures 24" x 40".
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Garden Sanctuary
This quilted wall hanging was also created for the two person show at Folk Art Center in Syracuse, New York. Three dimensional aspects of this piece include fabric twisted on itself to form twisted vines, small hills done with trapunto (Italian stuffing technique), prairie points, macrame with a disk attached.
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The Temple Within
This quilted wall hanging was created for a two person show at Folk Art Center in Syracuse, NY. The inspiration was the idea that we are spiritual temple ourselves. The fabrics are Afro-centric while the architecture of the temple is very Asian. It measures approx. 5 1/2 ft x 3 1/2 ft
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Circles, circles
All of these paintings contain circles done with wax pastels.
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Circles in Motion #1
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in greens and Aussie gold. It measures 14" x 11"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Circles in Motion #2
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in blues, aquas and greens. It measures 14" x 11"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Playtime
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in burnt sienna and blue. It measures 12" x 9"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Aerial View
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in burnt sienna and turquoise. It measures 12" x 9"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Red Poppies #2
This watercolor painting depicts red poppies against a background of lines and circles. It measures 22" x 30"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Circles In motion #3
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in golds and blues. It measures 12" x 9"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Pink Circles
This watercolor depicts circles moving in space. The circles were created with wax pastels and then watercolor paint in pinks and blacks. It measures 14" x 11"; 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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Orange Circles
This watercolor used wax Patels to make the circles and corresponding lines to frame the circles. It measures 12" x 9"' 100% cotton watercolor paper.
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