Portfolio...Rosie at the Gala

Artist: Janis Zroback
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Portfolio...Rosie at the Gala

“Rosie at the Gala” is part of the Portfolio Collection, a series of Still Life paintings of fruit on an Abstract Fantasy Landscape background…every single painting is totally different from all the others…this particular piece also illustrates my story by the same name…you can read it in my writing HERE

Acrylic on Canvas…original is also for sale…

It was the night of The Gala…..a grand party, in the large reception room open to the air, with ball gowns, long gloves and jewels in our hair….we were sure that we all would meet “the right one” there.

Floating silk shawls, in myriads of colours, wrapped slight, young shoulders as we sat out in the night air, waiting for our partners to claim us for the dance....excerpt from Rosie at the Gala…Janis Zroback

Portfolio...Rosie at the Gala belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, "Real" Life Art, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Art Inspired by Dreams, AW Welcome Center, Bits and Pieces , Contemporary Professional Painters and Sculptors, Decorative and Traditional Art, Fine Arts, Fine Arts Influenced by Literature, Freedom to Shine, Happy Haven, Impressionist Art, Inspired Art, Light In The Darkness, Live, Love, Dream, Realist Traditional Art, Safe Haven, Something To Say, The Patchwork and Vibrant and Vivid Color

webbie, about 1 month ago

Just beautiful Janis ..great job allways:)
Janis Zroback in reply to webbie’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thank you so much Thelma…
Janis Zroback, about 1 month ago

Hopeful Sandals
Pthalo Blue.
Diamond Backcombs,
Cherry Lips too.
Dancing till Sunrise
See the Dawn Wake
Will I see him.
Oh! What a Mistake!!..”Hopeful Sandals” by Janis Zroback
Jim Phillips, about 1 month ago

It ’s the light reflections that really gives these that 3D feel. Great work, you already know I like this series.
Janis Zroback in reply to Jim Phillips’s comment, about 1 month ago

I love doing this series, though each painting takes so long from concept to drawing then painting…the backgrounds are planned in the drawing stage, but I have no idea what they will look like till they’re completely finished…they are painted first, then the fruit, then back to the landscape, for finishing touches…I put no sealant unless a buyer wants one, as I like the chalkiness of the flat background against the sheen of the fruit…I have the fruit in front of me as I paint, until they start to shrivel, but by then I’ve got it…
Janis Zroback, about 1 month ago

Here is a small one in progress…
catherine walker, about 1 month ago

amazing ,,janis good on you !!..and what a neat studio you have..
Alison Pearce, about 1 month ago

Wonderful art Janis!!
Racheli, about 1 month ago

All that “active participant” are so magnificent, breathtaking!
Perfect collection Janis, beautiful write with it.
Kim Grace, about 1 month ago

Amazing as usual :)
And yes, your studio puts my back patio table to shame…
invisible, about 1 month ago

Superb !
Janis Zroback in reply to catherine walker’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks Catherine..
My studio has to be organized, otherwise I can’t work…I’ve been that way all my life…
here is another view of it…
Janis Zroback in reply to Alison Pearce’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thank you so much Alison…
Janis Zroback in reply to Racheli’s comment, about 1 month ago

I’m so pleased you like the series Rachel…I value your comments…
Janis Zroback in reply to Kim Grace’s comment, about 1 month ago

Oh dear….I don’t want to have that effect…you see I can’t really feel comfortable unless everything is fairly organized…
I’m so happy you like my work..
Janis Zroback in reply to invisible’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thank you so much…
catherine walker, about 1 month ago

wow janis..that IS the neatest studio that I’ve ever seen..I have a friend who feels the same way..she says that she can’t work unless her surrounds are neat and tidy..
I’ll post some pics soon of my working areas..hhhha!!/.. once you get over the shock you’ll laugh ..OK

your studio is lovely ..is it a room to yourself..or just a corner..?

cathyxxxooo
Janis Zroback in reply to catherine walker’s comment, about 1 month ago

I am very lucky as I have one whole floor of the house to myself for writing, painting, etc…it comprises two libraries, one where I do most of the work on the computer and a third room (smaller), the one in the picture, for painting…then 2 separate storage rooms, and a large storage cupboard which you can just see in the picture above…
I have three large painting tables and two desks and two computers and printers, plus bookcases line all the walls in all the rooms, and they are all packed from top to bottom with books..paintings are displayed above them…daylight bulbs, and incandescent lamps are everywhere so I can take good photos..the room where I paint is stocked with everything for any kind of work I might decided to do, so it’s like an art supply store…
I gues we all work under different circumstances, but this works for me…
catherine walker, about 1 month ago

Well who is the lucky lady..LOL
I really envy you your whole floor of the house….
sorry ..but I envy anyone who can say that they have their own space.. and their own studio

and this
quote

“the room where I paint is stocked with everything for any kind of work I might decided to do, so it’s like an art supply store… “

..well I think I’d love that room janis..wooooeeee!!.. I’d be like a kid in a lolly shop

cathy xxxooo
Karin Taylor, about 1 month ago

gorgeous apples!
Janis Zroback in reply to catherine walker’s comment, about 1 month ago

I feel that way, knowing I can get up any day and what ever I decided to do, I have the supplies for it…I have collected these supplies, tools, etc. for a number of years and now have everything my painting heart could desire…all women deserve a room of their own and should have it….
Janis Zroback in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks Karin…I know you love them, as much as I do.. :)))
catherine walker, about 1 month ago

I agree absolutely janis..that all women should have a room/space of their own..we deserve it..we need it..and it’s a crime and sin to not give women the space so that they can be creative..
Janis Zroback in reply to catherine walker’s comment, about 1 month ago

Do get Virginia Woolf’s book called “A Room of One’s Own”...you should read it…in any case your work is so much like that period in art, that she may have been writing that book just for you…
Here is a description..it is meant for women who write, but it could easily be about women who paint or do anything creative…

“During the 1920’s women writing literature were still struggling for a voice without prejudice. Virginia Woolf emerged as one of the first feminist voices ready to speak out against the silenced history of women writers and historians. In this book she argues that any woman serious about writing must have 500 pounds per year, and a room of her own in which to capture a few moments of silence and restore her voice back to power without the pull of all her “womanly” responsibilities”.