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2022
Transit, Diptych, acrylic on canvas, 36"x
96", 2021
New paintings by Janet Sawyer continue to convey “the
joy that comes from intense involvement with one’s surroundings” as Jonathan
Goodman wrote of an earlier show for Art in America.
Presented here are three black and white works
and two 36 x 96” diptychs using strong contrasts and abstract imagery to evoke
the progress of time marked by cycles of night and day and lunar and planetary
transits. There
are also abstract color-immersion paintings and small (8 x 10”) works relating
to these series.
From the Progress of Days exhibition by Janet Sawyer held at Blue Mountain Gallery in 2017.. The twelve foot horizontal triptychs exhibited here are the result of working in her new Montauk studio, which Sawyer calls a “perfect space” where she has expanded both her imagery and the size of her new pieces. From the lengthening days of high summer and the longer shadows and early evenings later on, the paintings respond to the progression of hours and days. The solar eclipse of August was impetus for a third triptych in black white and greys, and there are a group of small “rainy day” paper cut-outs in greys as well as some smaller paintings. These new works continue Sawyer’s engagement with abstract painting. The “dashing spontaneity and easy informality” that were noted by Lawrence Campbell in Art In America remain present in her work.
Pas de deux, 24"x72", acrylic
on canvas
 Travelling Yellow, 36x36", acrylic on canvas, 2010 |
 Downdraft, 36x36", acrylic on canvas, 2010 |
 Traveler, 18x18", 2009, acrylic/graphite on canvas |
 Phase, 18x18", 2009, acrylic/graphite on canvas |