Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer

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"!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Truth, Goodness and Beauty

"The Way"

Parkway Series # 437 36 x 24 oil SOLD

"Beside Still Waters"

Parkway Series # 438 12 x 16 oil SOLD

These are two of the newest paintings to be on display at Second Helpings Gallery Nov 18th. through Dec. 10th. The Show entitled "Truth, Goodness and Beauty" will feature me, Susan Oller and Rachel Lawson. Come by and check it out; we will also have prints and cards available.

Blue and Orange Autumn

Parkway Series #436 12 x 16 oil Sold

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Campbell Angus Farm

Parkway Series #434 and #435 oil SOLD

Friends who own a 200 acre angus farm offered their log cabin for a "painting" weekend and bought the plein air paintings that were done. Because these sites were in Goose Creek Valley below the Parkway with a view of the Peaks, I have included them in my Parkway series.

Jesus is the Love of my life. And I look forward to "Going Home" one day and seeing Him face to face. In the mean time I am painting from His masterworks of sunlight and nature. Each painting in this series will include a path, (Holy Spirit) sun light (the Son) and a hint of liquid gold leaf paint hidden somewhere in the painting to represent the Father and His streets of gold. Some of my new paintings are on display at Black Dog Salvage. And July 23 through mid August, I will be showing 30 of my new "Going Home"paintings at Blue Ridge PBS station in Roanoke, Va. Please come to a reception Thursday 23rd from 4 to 6 at the PBS station, 1215 McNeil Drive, Roanoke, Va or view the show week days from 1 - 4. I am still working on my Blue Ridge Parkway Series with over 500 paintings posted online. My studio is open by appointment only. If you are interested in purchasing a painting online, please email janet.wimmer@gmail.com

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.