Artist Biography

Janice Frederick, Artist

When I picked up my first crayon, I was captivated with drawing. At the age of Ten, I attended Saturday art classes continuously until I began college. From a liberal arts college, I transferred to study Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, finishing at the University of Arizona, Tucson, graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree. During these college years, I always had a class in design, painting, sculpture, or fashion drawing. 

As an Architect and while working in the construction industry, I continued to paint and completed commissioned portraits. When my husband’s work took the family to live in Togo, West Africa and to Romania, Eastern Europe, I painted full time.

I have participated in workshops with nationally and internationally acclaimed portrait artists and attended classes at the Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, The Art Students League, New York City, and the Chesapeake Fine Art Studio, Stevensville, MD. I have attended workshops with internationally and nationally awarded master landscape artists. I have spent many hours in open studios in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware drawing and painting with other artists. These sessions have been stimulating and essential in my artistic journey.

Portraiture is my passion. When someone sits for a portrait in my studio, their own home, or office, I can get to know who they are and their interests. The conversation helps me to render the spirit as well as their likeness. When I set up a still-life for a painting, I am designing for color, values, and a focal point. If I want to be outdoors, I can take an easel and canvas outside to paint in "Plein Air". Finding beauty and meaning in my world keeps me painting and brings me joy.