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Janice Ardern

My name is Janice Ardern (Janie). I am from East Tawas, Michigan, where I grew up and spent my summers there on shores of Lake Huron. I also lived in the thumb area of Michigan. My family and husband settled in Traverse City, Mi where we lived for 42 years. I moved to Idaho after my husband passed on to be with my daughter, her husband and my two youngest grandchildren.

I have been painting and creating visual art for 60 years, mainly for my own love of art. I paint water scenes, boats, animals and everything, but because I was around much water all my life, I like painting things I remember as I walked back roads in the woods seeing deer, animals, and fishing.

I took four years of art in high school, but college was not a option for me, though I continued to paint. I put a few pieces of my art in Ardern’s Floral Shop, Saginaw, Mi. And then sold them 50 years ago, but because I was raising 3 children and in a business in TC Traverse, my art was an on-and-off career. I have painted on boards that my dad would cut for me, painted on rocks, driftwood I found on the beach, even a mushroom which grows on a tree.

My interest in art was in 4th grade, my dad cut out a large board and it was Christmas. I painted a nativity scene on it and Dad put it on the porch of our over 100-year-old home with a spotlight on it. I was so proud!

My grade school, St Hyacinth’s Grade School required drawings and art as part of their curriculum. I knew and liked art and I loved how it made feel to create beautiful things. In addition to art I’ve also been into sewing since 9th grade, making many of my own clothes.

I now paint water scenes of Idaho, farms, wild flowers, elk, the Palouse and anything that catches my eye. I also continue to paint scenes of Michigan. I am grateful to be in Moscow, Idaho, the Heart of the Arts, to pursue my art and participate as a member of the PWA.

Facts about me:
Self taught 55 years
Member: Palouse Women Artists
Member: Society of Decorative Painters 22 years
(A global and largest painting organization)
SODP

You can find my art at:
Moscow City Artist directory
Moscow Chocolate and Art shop, on 3rd Street
At Nich Art Gallery, Pullman
Paradise Bike Shop, Moscow

[Show slideshow]
Girl on the Beach
Moscow Old Library
Passion Flower
1933 Iceboat
Cultural Black Art
Spring Valley Reservoir Old Boat
Wine, Women, Song
Lady of the Past

Meetings

Third Sunday of the Month
(Sept–Nov, Jan–May)
1912 Center, Moscow, Idaho
3:00–5:00 p.m.

Artists of all skill levels and working in all mediums welcome!

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