Janet Fish’s 1995 oil on canvas still life “Herb Tea“ (above) and her 2004 lithograph “Rosehips Nest’’ (below) at the Smith College Museum of Art.
(SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART)
Art Review
Making it real, color by color
Janet Fish exhibit explores her printmaking but the painter stays in the picture
Janet Fish’s 1995 oil on canvas still life “Herb Tea“ (above) and her 2004 lithograph “Rosehips Nest’’ (below) at the Smith College Museum of Art.
(SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART)
NORTHAMPTON-The small, self-titled exhibit of prints by Janet Fish at the Smith College Museum of Art is cogent and lucidly instructive. It’s perfect for a college museum, and for anyone who cares to see the way a printmaker (at least a lithographer or a screenprint maker) builds an image, color by color. For someone who has more experience with paint - and that includes anyone who used finger paints in nursery school - the printmaking process can seem bollixing and counterintuitive.
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