JANNA WATSON

Janna Watson’s abstract paintings capture vivid records of her motions as she paints, each gestural mark contributing to a narrative within the piece. Active brushstrokes are balanced by open spaces, quiet swoops of color, and places for the eye to rest. Washy fields of color contrast with deeply saturated strokes and vertical lines which hint at foreground and background. Watson has shared that her work is greatly influenced by the role her grandfather, also an artist, played in her development as a painter, saying "I am continuously inspired by [Arthur’s] fascination to make clashing colors work. Through his lessons, I remember him telling me 'I love things harmoniously ugly.' These words have stuck with me throughout my practice."

Janna Watson holds a BFA with Honors from Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON. She shows her work across Canada and throughout the United States. She has featured in dozens of publications, and her paintings are in collections such as Nordstrom, Toronto, ON; Saks Fifth Ave, Toronto, ON; Hudson’s Bay Company, New York, NY; and The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto, ON.

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2019 Exhibition Catalog Seven Perfect Syllables

2018 Exhibition Catalog Moody As Light

2017 Exhibition Catalog Heavy With Dreams

2016 Exhibition Catalog Talking to Orchids

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Dance Move
48 x 48 inches - $8,900 USD
Blue Butterflies Come in the Summertime
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Keylime
24 x 24 inches - $3,100 USD
Sonnet
72 x 84 inches - $18,400 USD
Lunch Poems
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Shapeshifter
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Lyrical Bypass
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Honey Garnish
60 x 60 inches - $12,100 USD
Many Kinds of Subjects
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Enchanted Garden
36 x 48 inches - $7,100 USD
Violet Ray
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Sea of Love
24 x 30 inches - $3,700 USD
Ocean Breeze
54 X 54 in. - $10,600 USD
Every Blade of Grass on my Front Lawn
40 X 30 in. - $5,400 USD
I Try To Talk About What Colour Means
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Cumulus in Feeling
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River of Joy
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Sky Writing
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44 x 84 inches - $12,700 USD
Sea of Joy
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Words Bounce
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Searching For Pearls
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