Janet Fish

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Janet Fish is an artist specialized in realism. She has created numerous works famous across the world. Fish has grown into a masterful artist through years of dedication and hard work. At 78 years old, Fish was born into a family of artists in 1956. Raised in Bermuda and born in Boston, she was primarily influenced by her family and American Impressionism. Janet Fish’s oil painting, “June” is focused on realism with many components. The piece is laid out horizontally and is centered in on a table with glass vases, bowls, and a plate as well as various fruits and flowers. When one first views this particular piece, their eye most likely settles on the bright yellows that strongly contrast the overall cool colors ( shades of purple and blue).In specific, the bowl of nectarines and the bunch of yellow flowers (toward the upper right corner) are focused on due to the rule of thirds. The painting is framed so that the viewer’s eye is drawn to the bottom of the yellow bowl and the yellow flowers. Therefore, preventing the viewer from losing interest without seeing the whole …show more content…

Perhaps Janet Fish created this work to signify the goodness of life and to express joy and to share it with the community. The title “June” contributes to this joy because June is the end of winter and spring; summer and the peak of all life. As a result of the main objects being bowls of fruit, further evidence is given to the theme of life being good. Bowls of fruit are often symbolic of pleasantness in life, hence the popular phrases “life is just a bowl of cherries” and “life is just a bowl of fruit”. According to theflowerexpert.com, yellow lilies are symbolic of merriment and delight, while purple irises are representational of wisdom and protection. Using the irises balance out the exuberance of the lilies, hence the “happy calm”

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