Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: 2015

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Sanctuary

Mark your calendars! - New showing of work by Janet Wimmer, Susan Oller, Rachel Lawson. Please come by and see us on Saturday afternoon Dec 12th, 1-3 p.m.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

New paintings at the Peaks of Otter

Fall Retreat 12 x 16 oil Sold

En Plein Air 11 x 14 oil SOLD

Incredible numbers of people are enjoying the Parkway this weekend! Go by the Peaks and see new paintings by Susan Oller and me, now through the end of November.!

Monday, September 14, 2015

Art and Music in the Mountains

Blue Ridge Parkway Series 12 x 16 oil SOLD prints available

My next event is "Art and Music in the Mountains" Saturday September 26th at the Peaks of Otter, milepost 85.6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Make plans to enjoy a day of great food, art, music and incredible beauty!

Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Weeping Tree

This is my new endeavor with illustration! The book is now available on Amazon.com. If you have bought a copy from me or online, please write a review on Amazon; that would really help our ratings. Thanks

Monday, May 25, 2015

I like red

Parkway Series #441 12 x 16 oil SOLD

I like red!

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Summer Fun

Smith Mountain Lake #2 16 x 20 oil $650.

I will be demonstrating "summer fun" at the Little Gallery on Saturday June 13th at the opening of my new show that will run until mid July. Please stop by and visit!

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Practicing the Presence

Smith Mountain Lake #3 16 x 20 oil $650.

It is hard to capture the colors and the ethereal qualities of a sunset. The definition of ethereal is: relating to the regions beyond the earth, spiritual, marked by unusual delicacy or refinement. How do you capture the Presence of the Spirit? I hope to find out one day when I am actually "beyond the earth" but for the time being, I will continue to practice the Presence!!

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Summer Sun

Smith Mountain Lake #1 16 x 20 oil SOLD

I will be showing my work at the Little Gallery in June so I am working on lake paintings on these cold snowy days! Can hardly wait for the summer sun!

Saturday, February 7, 2015

New River Gorge Bridge

New River Gorge Bridge 20 x 30 oil SOLD

This bridge in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia is the third highest bridge in the U. S. (876' about the river). I enjoyed working on this commissioned painting, especially with the client's instructions to use "a lot of color"!

Treatise on why I create

An artist, musician, craftsman, theatrical director, performer, all know that the human heart longs for truth, goodness, and beauty. If we can create that sense of longing, we capture our audience in the creative experience. In Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, Frank creates a magical story about longing for home. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a plea by a young girl to find that place of rest, a home in which to feel safe. St. Augustine said "our hearts are restless until we find our rest in God". Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer, expressed his faith through his music. He sat before a painting of Jesus every day and prayed for an hour before beginning his day. His composition "The Mission" transports the listener to another place, another time, another dimension of reality - an eternal home- a celebration of beauty. My goal in painting is to draw the viewer into a higher sense of reality and to feel that sense of longing and to hopefully realize that longing is ultimately for the eternal home, Heaven.