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.
