About The Artist
My work has always been about the natural world and how we humans inhabit it, for
better or worse.
Some works have been abstracted landscapes, painted and drawn on vintage maritime
maps, or digital prints of neon TV static collaged with prints of ink drawn forests, turned
into paintings with layers of acrylic.
More recently, I have returned to an earlier subject of mine: In the 1990s, with the
magnolia tree in my front yard as my muse, I painted flowers. Now, while I still create
landscapes, I’ve begun exploring the botanical world again.
Flower paintings come with a deep history; flowers themselves are famously symbolic.
They convey beauty, joy, vibrant life, the comfort of home interiors, spiritual
transcendence, and also the ultimate briefness of life, beauty, and joy. They come to
celebrations as well as memorials and leave-takings, signs of connection and loss.
JANET BOGARDUS BIO
Janet Bogardus is a San Francisco Bay Area painter and mixed-media artist.
Since 1989, she has exhibited her work at a variety of venues in California and
New York, including solo exhibitions at Gearbox Gallery’s Inner Room and
Manna Gallery in Oakland; Benicia Arts Presents; Contra Costa College; and
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2023, her work was included in the
DeYoung Museum of San Francisco’s OPEN exhibition, as well as the Di Rosa
Center for Contemporary Art’s Due North exhibit.
In 1990, she received an MFA from San Francisco State University with a
concentration on printmaking and artist books; during her study there, she was
awarded a Stilwell Fellowship for excellence in making art. In 1991 she
completed a residency at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley through an Anne Flanagan
Fellowship. She has taught art and art history through Columbia College,
Chapman University, and the California Arts Council. Currently she teaches
drawing and mixed-media classes at the Novato Art Center in Novato, CA.
Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Drawing, Digital Art, Prints and Printmaking
Please visit 789 Hamilton Parkway, Studio G, in Novato, to see my work and the work of many other artists
at the NOVATO ARTS CENTER.
Studio Information
Marin MOCA and Novato Art Center Campus
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