Janet Werner

Janet Werner’s paintings explore the power of iconic images over our imagination and memory by investing nameless figures with human subjectivity and emotion. The artist uses found images of anonymous figures in popular culture and imbues them with fictional personalities—resulting in work that operates within and against the genre of conventional portraiture. Werner’s composite portraits retain aspects of their originals while also embodying notions of transformation, innocence and loss.

Past Artworks:

janet werner bloom
janet werner bloom
Janet Werner
Bloom, 2022
Oil on canvas
janet werner setee
janet werner setee
Janet Werner
Setee, 2022
Oil on canvas
janet werner step
janet werner step
Janet Werner
Step, 2022
Oil on canvas
janet werner lilt
janet werner lilt
Janet Werner
Lilt, 2022
Oil on canvas

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