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Where Art & Community Meet
Janice Mallman
Artist Statement
I began my love affair with the beauty of Japanese papers after a trip to Japan in 1984. Their textures, gorgeous fibers and transparency enhance my collage work. Cutting and pasting to create a work of art out of scraps of paper is a meditative-like process.
During Covid, I have found a deeper connection to the earth and the beauty in simple things. Be it a found smooth rock, a dragonfly flitting through my garden or the gorgeous petals of a dahlia unfolding. This has led me to explore new mediums like mosaic tiles, fused glass and rock painting. This exploration has filled my days with an exuberance for living and a desire to make everything around me beautiful and that really IS my life.
Artist Bio
Artist Medium(s)
Mosaics, Painting
Artist Links
Janice has lived on Vashon Island for 47 years and been totally immersed in the art world and as a working artist. She �lived and breathed art� at Blue Heron/VCA for 32 years in Arts Education and was the Gallery Curator for 17 of those years. Janice teaches classes locally and in Mexico and is exhilarated by seeing people tap into their creativity.
Janice�s personal art focuses on the beauty found in the natural world. Her art has spanned numerous mediums: porcelain and raku pottery, jewelry, paper collage, printmaking, photography, colored pencils and most recently mosaics and rock painting.