I am a visual artist and I love art and anything creative! I was a portrait artist for 25 years, working mostly by commission. In 2011, I switched gears to spend more time in the studio painting and exploring what inspires me.

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Woohoo! I finished this painting! "Protector," 36" x 60" My largest canvas so far. It took me a year and a half to finish from sketch to painting. I bought the canvas on Mothers Day 2017. . I couldn't paint for about 4 months after my mom died in May. She saw it about 3/4 of the way done as I texted her updates after every painting session. I was inspired to finish it when I read and article on Hyperallergic.com by Karen Chernick (@karen_chernick) about the painting "Mother of the Innocents" (1446) (Check out the article, well worth the read.) This painting will always have a special place in my heart. 💖 . . . . #artistatwork #painting ##protector #children #childrenoftheforest #forest #forestpainting #fae #fairy #fairyartist #fairypainting #love #feelingsafe #art #fantasypainting #mother #motheroftheinnocents #hyperallergic #lovemymom #Karenchernick #natureart #colorfulpainting #woods #protectourchildren #paintingofchildren

I've been working on my series "Every, Size, Shape, Color, and Age." I've decided to add paintings on my used tea bags. ☕ I've been saving my tea bags and love the idea of recycling them into a substrate for my art. They have been really therapeutic to create. I have a show coming up on Saturday, so I've been busy in the studio! 😄 . . . #dress #tea #teabag #teaart #teabagart #womenandart #positive #positivebodyimage #paintings #dresspainting #recycledart #women #watercolorpainting #mixedmediaart #artistatwork #arttherapy

I've been taking a long break, spending time with family since my mom passed away last May. It was a much needed break, I miss her so much, but I am back in the studio and busy painting. I wrote a blog post about my mom to get me started back to blogging. Here is a link if you would like to read it. https://janellmithani.com/2019/09/19/in-memory-of-my-mom-janie-sills-1942-2019/. I hope you all had a wonderful summer, I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone! 💖 #lovemymom #missingmymom #lovefamily #artistatwork #backtowork #memories #family #workingartist #blogging #mom

Working on a new painting... . . . #WIP #treepainting #treeart #art #paintonwoodslice #paintingonwood #artistatwork #dayinthestudio #artinprogress #tree #acrylicpainting #natureart #laartist #trees

It's paint purple hair day! 😁 . . . #purple #fairy #fairyart #purplehair #faerie #fairypainting #children #acrylic #artistatwork #workinprocess #fae #wip #fairyartist #littleones #paintinginprogress

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