Janelle

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Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation painter/ teacher
Location Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Introduction I am a painter living in SLC, Utah, originally from Cleveland, OH. I completed my BFA in painting at Brigham Young University in '02. I work mainly with guoache and acrylic but also do some watercolor, pen/ ink, collage, photography and design. I draw inspiration from nature, pop culture, music, design, books and any kind of stimulus that attracts my attention. I love to explore color, pattern and composition.
Interests art, photography, literature, design, travel, language, outdoors, animals, mythology, gardening, food, music, film
Favorite Movies The Secret of Roan Inish, The Ventriloquist, Ponette, Shooting Fish, Children from Heaven, Whalerider, In America, Fifth Element, Marie Antoinette, Hero, East of Eden, Color of Paradise, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Favorite Music Arcade Fire, Flaming Lips, Amiina, Sigur Ros, Talking Heads, Jeff Buckley, Cat Stevens, The Black Kids, Simon Dawes, Bebel Gilberto, The Cardigans, Four Tet, French Kicks, Dangerdoom, Digable Planets
Favorite Books The Crossing, The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, Children of the Mind, Dracula, The Four Loves, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Missing Piece, Wuthering Heights, Vanity Fair, The Hiding Place