Valley Ridge Academy PTO

Janet Fish celebrates light and color. She says that “The real structure of the painting comes from the movement of color and light across the entire surface,” Fish explains, “What matters is the relationship of color and form from one area of the painting to another.”

Fish gives energy to still life art, both by the way she paints and the combinations of objects that she paints. From the beginning, Fish used common objects to paint, saying that the subject matter — large glasses, fruits covered in supermarket cellophane, and glass containers filled with liquids — was basically unimportant. For Fish, meaning comes from the tone, the gesture, color, light, scale and composition.

What colors stand out?

What is the light source? Notice the light from windows in the reflection of the plastic wrap.

What other things do you see in the painting?