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Sketch of Monarch Butterfly (female)

How Paintings Get Started

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:July 12, 2019
Post category:Art In The Studio Paintings
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Watch this time-lapse video by Canadian Artist Janice Tanton make a little butterfly come alive. This is how paintings are born.

9 Hours of Painting in 3.5 Minutes

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:July 11, 2019
Post category:Art In The Studio Paintings
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Timelapse of a 9 hour period of painting by Janice Tanton.

Polo Series

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:January 4, 2019
Post category:Home In The Studio
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How do you decide to choose a new subject matter when you embark on a new painting or drawing? Do you draw what you love, or what you are most curious about?

Plein Air Painting on the Sunshine Coast

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:April 23, 2016
Post category:Blog Plein Air Painting The Residency Chronicles
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My purpose in getting out of doors to paint is always to learn. I find that being in the place, dialling in the shapes, colour and quick light one of the best things that a painter can do to learn about the world around them.

“Oki Niksokowa” Janice Tanton at Canada House Gallery, Banff – Sept 26, 2015

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:September 24, 2015
Post category:Blog Home In The Galleries
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In Oki Niksokowa – All My Relations, I have worked for over a year, preparing paintings for Canada House Gallery that are very, very personal to me. They may also represent some pretty common themes for Canadians. The works represent relationships that I have with just some of the beings, things and places that have touched my life.

PRESS RELEASE :: ‘Undercurrents’ Debuts at The Whyte Museum, Banff, AB CANADA

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:June 12, 2015
Post category:Blog Home Press Room
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Undercurrents' is the first in a series of large-scale works by contemporary painter Janice Iniskimaki Tanton that explore our contemporary Canadian identity/nationality and attachment to this great land.

PRESS RELEASE :: Janice Tanton and VIDA Voices : Art and Socially Responsible Fashion Partnered!

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:February 21, 2015
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So excited to announce new products! You can now purchase some of my favourite designs on fabric - beautiful scarves and silk shirts by VIDA - Voices Collection. VIDA is a global partnership of creators, pairing designers from around the world with makers in Pakistan and India in accordance with high ethical standards, to create original, beautiful products. And the best part is that using part of proceeds from the sales of the products, VIDA creates literacy programs for the makers, so that they have opportunities to learn reading, writing and basic math that they would not otherwise have. Could I be any more excited????

Janice Tanton – Visiting Artist & Scholar Series, University of Calgary, January 23, 2015

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Post published:January 20, 2015
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Join me for an artist talk, University of Calgary - January 23, 2015.

2015 – A New Year, New Outlook and New Works

Post author:Janice Tanton
Post published:January 10, 2015
Post category:In The Studio
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I'm now feeling like I'm finally back on the horse. 2015 is looking like a brand new horizon and to ring in the new year, I've been back in the studio almost working full time. It's a great feeling to finally have some control back in my arm and painting hand, and I have more paintings in my head than I could possibly paint in four lifetimes.