About Janet Maher, Circlegarden Studio
Janet Maher
I have been an artist since childhood but earned my living through other professions, notably as a teacher. I taught many types and levels of art over about thirty years in total, beginning in Connecticut and New Mexico.
A recent transplant to Rhode Island, I retired as Professor Emeritus of Art from Loyola University Maryland. There I ta
I have been an artist since childhood but earned my living through other professions, notably as a teacher. I taught many types and levels of art over about thirty years in total, beginning in Connecticut and New Mexico.
A recent transplant to Rhode Island, I retired as Professor Emeritus of Art from Loyola University Maryland. There I taught more than fifteen different courses, mentored several Independent Studies and directed the Studio Arts program for many years.
Circlegarden Studio is my workspace in Westerly, Rhode Island.
(Image Credits: Barbara S., Jamestown, RI, previous image; here, Sarah Lawhorne, South County Art Association))
Although I use paint, my foundations in drawing and printmaking expanded through the decades to include and mix almost every type of medium except traditional painting, such as: collage, assemblage and found object sculpture, book arts, darkroom photography, digital imaging and works in clay. These days, my artwork is typically some form
Although I use paint, my foundations in drawing and printmaking expanded through the decades to include and mix almost every type of medium except traditional painting, such as: collage, assemblage and found object sculpture, book arts, darkroom photography, digital imaging and works in clay. These days, my artwork is typically some form of mixed or multiple media work on or of paper, with collage and drawing involved.
My works are in many public and private collections, and two Percent for Art projects in clay that I produced still exist in New Mexico. A member of Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, I am also a Charter Member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Signature Member of the National Collage Society, and a member of College Boo
My works are in many public and private collections, and two Percent for Art projects in clay that I produced still exist in New Mexico. A member of Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, I am also a Charter Member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Signature Member of the National Collage Society, and a member of College Book Arts Association, South County Art Association, Warwick Center for the Arts, and Jamestown Art Center.