BIO
Janet Pedersen is a contemporary landscape and figurative
painter. She works in bold color with loose brushwork to capture
the ever-changing light or movement in a bustling city. She
expands on her observational eye, honed from years of plein-air
painting, and composes her paintings through experimentation,
paint application and subject exploration. A graduate of Art Center
College of Design in California, Janet received her BFA
in illustration and packed her bags for NYC. She eventually
enjoyed a career as a children’s book illustrator and author.
Among her many clients were Candlewick, Clarion, Penguin and
Random House Books.
Wanting to pursue the fine arts, she
began painting the landscape. She fell in love with painting on
location and says she still finds it to be the best art education
she’s ever known.
An award winning artist, Janet’s works are in collections world-
wide. More recently, several of her dance-themed paintings were
chosen to be part of the State Department’s ‘Art in Embassies’
program, celebrating the universal joy and borderless beauty of
dance.
