About The Artist…

Janie Jones interest in watercolor began when she took lessons from Caroline Grosse Gawarecki in Falls Church. She became "hooked" on the medium, read a lot of "how to" books, and took a course in color from Joy Luke and an outdoor painting class from Margaret Huddy. She's had several one-woman shows at the Martha Washington Library in Fairfax County and has had her paintings accepted at the Art League shows at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Since moving to Loudoun County, she has taken classes with Antonia Walker, Elaine Nunnally, Dean Drewyer, Arleta Pech, Kurt Schwartz, and is currently studying with Trisha Adams.

 In May and June of 2000, she was the first artist selected to have a one-woman show at the then new Senior Center in Cascades Marketplace. In that same year, she was an illustrator for the Hearth and Heritage Cookbook for Catoctin Presbyterian Church in Waterford, Virginia.

 Janie's paintings are accepted at the Loudoun Sketch Club, Burwell-Morgan Mill, Aldie Mill, and Oatlands shows, and at the Waterford Fair Red Barn Exhibit. Her paintings have been seen at the W.O.W Festival at Franklin Park in Purcellville, at the Hamilton Town Office, and as part of the Arts in Offices program. She and her works were also featured on Channel 3's Artscape program. She is immediate past president of the Loudoun Sketch Club and was featured in the Loudoun section of the Washington Post on Sunday, September 10, 2006.