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Janet Snell

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born

January 01, 1959 in Salem, The United States

gender

female

website

http://janetsnell.weebly.com

genre

Arts & Photography, Poetry

influences

german expressionists

member since

May 2011

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Soon after I graduated from MICA, my work began to involve the depiction of the psychology of the human head and figure. The relationship of mind to body interests me greatly. I use it to deconstruct the world we live in, our fears, our isolation and loneliness, our urge to connect, our collective melancholia. My drawings and paintings also address the man-woman thing, the fragility of family dynamics, societal and psychological violence. These themes are often expressed with metaphors found in dreamscapes, and in the case of my portraits, with color. I use color freely to express the subject’s personality---i.e. yellow for intelligence, violet for moodiness---while the facial features remain realistic. This work is semi-realistic & sem...more

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Books by Janet Snell

Average rating: 4.82 · 34 ratings · 12 reviews · 11 distinct works

	That Feel: Paintings and Poems by Janet Snell (Goodreads Author), Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Come to Think of It 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Flytrap (Cleveland Poets Series) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Di Da Unit 3 Graphics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Di Da Unit 4 Ict In Enterprise 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Di Da: Diploma In Digital Applications by Janet Snell (Goodreads Author), Molly Wischhusen, Jenny Johnson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Di Da Unit 2 Multimedia by Janet Snell (Goodreads Author), Molly Wischhusen, Jenny Johnson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Multiverse by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author), Janet Snell (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Memento Mori by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author), Janet Snell (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Prisoner's Dilemma by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author) (poet), Janet Snell (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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May 30, 2012 07:48am · like
Janet Snell gave to: Dream House by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 25, 2012 01:19pm
Janet Snell liked Grady's review of That Feel: " The Blend of Visual and Written Art THAT FEEL is one of the finest collaborative books published by the sisters Snell. Cheryl Snell is a fine poet and her sister Janet Snell is a fine expressionist artist. In their previous books there was often th... " Read more of this review »
Sep 09, 2011 03:12pm · see review
Janet Snell liked Cheryl Snell's review of That Feel: " An intriguing blend of expressionist paintings and lyric narrative poetry that explore states of mind --foreboding, regret, entrapment, longing. Gestural, expressive brushwork provides tension where background and image vie for prominence, and com... " Read more of this review »
Sep 05, 2011 02:57pm · see review
Janet Snell gave to: That Feel: Paintings and Poems by Janet Snell (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Sep 05, 2011 02:56pm
Janet Snell and 1 other person liked Cheryl Snell's blog post: Tim Buck ""Janet's compelling, expressionistic paintings complement Cheryl's poems. Those paintings make the noise of the world instantly go silent...haunting, improbable, fascinating, complex images. Those ..." ...read it »
May 23, 2011 04:42pm
Janet Snell wrote About Me: Artist's Statement "Lately I’ve begun to merge the figurative with the abstract in my work. Miles Davis’ jazz fusion, Tu" …more
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Janet Snell gave to: Pandora's Box by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Janet Snell gave to: Multiverse by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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