Janet Hobbs
I work in watercolor because I love the range of possibilities it possesses, from thin veils of color to rich deep hues. Mixing pigment and water in various quantities, the type of paper used, and the kind of day all play a part in how this medium responds.
In "Mitochondrial Muse" and "Dancing with Pythagoras" I'm playing with watercolor techniques: overlaying colors and using salt to create texture and wax, tape and masking fluid to create shapes.
In " Traveling through Time" and "Dream Traveler" I looked to magazine images for inspiration and created collages and worked from them to create the paintings.
The paintings of trees and their surroundings were painted in the Adirondacks of New York State. The line drawings are from illustrations created for a friend's book of poetry.
"Foundry Boundary" is of a foundry near the area where I grew up in Worcester, MA.
I teach watercolor classes at the Fitzgerald Community School in Cambridge and at the North Cambridge Senior Center. Please contact me for more information.
Janet is 2009-2010 chair of NoCA.
To contact Janet, email her at
hixsonhobbs@juno.com
