On Display June 2024
Connie Canby is a founding member and Art Director for Artists’ Alliance Co-op @ Jarrett Thor Fine Arts in Colonial Beach, VA, and a founding member and later president of The Colonial Beach Artists Guild. Connie grew up in downtown D.C. and attended Corcoran School of Art on a teen scholarship and Maryland School of Art and Design in Silver Spring, MD.
She started teaching at NOVA (Sterling Campus) in 1980. She has taught watercolor and children classes at Loudoun Academy of the Arts (Leesburg, VA); summer camps for young people at Shenandoah University and PAVAN Performing and Visual Arts ARTREACH Program (Clarke County, VA); served as artist in residence at Foxcroft School for Girls (Middleburg, VA); and taught for the Frederick, MD Kids Like Us Program.
Connie’s award winning personal artwork has evolved into abstract expressionism and experimental watercolors with representational undertones. The theme most often recognized in her body of work is how color and energy are showcased as they weave their way throughout the painting as well as her life. “It’s like taking dictation for a song already written.”
Janice Jones considers herself an ever-evolving multi-media artist, constantly pushing boundaries and exploring new techniques to combine mediums. Though she has experimented with nearly every art form, it was not until moving to Mexico that she truly discovered her passion for painting on canvas and paper under the renowned Javier Ramos.
His amazing instruction continues to influence her work, and she continues to study with him when she visits there.
She started teaching at NOVA (Sterling Campus) in 1980. She has taught watercolor and children classes at Loudoun Academy of the Arts (Leesburg, VA); summer camps for young people at Shenandoah University and PAVAN Performing and Visual Arts ARTREACH Program (Clarke County, VA); served as artist in residence at Foxcroft School for Girls (Middleburg, VA); and taught for the Frederick, MD Kids Like Us Program.
Connie’s award winning personal artwork has evolved into abstract expressionism and experimental watercolors with representational undertones. The theme most often recognized in her body of work is how color and energy are showcased as they weave their way throughout the painting as well as her life. “It’s like taking dictation for a song already written.”
