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Resides: Rocky Point, Oregon
Born: 1957
Education:
University of California, Davis. 1978-81.
Sierra College, Rocklin, California. 1974-78.
Major Field: Fine Arts
Janet frequently roams the back country exploring canyons, mountains, forests, deserts, and seashores. These wilderness experiences provide Janet with an insight into the creativity and complexity of nature which, in turn, provides an endless source of ideas for her paintings. Her obsession to explore coupled with her passion to create is likened to devoted naturalists like Muir, Thoreau, and Leopold.
ABOUT THE ARTIST ...
Since early, childhood Janet Tarjan Erl has had a strong affinity for painting and the outdoors. Having been raised in the town of Auburn, California, a Sierra Nevada foothill community, Janet spent much time as a youngster hiking and exploring the surrounding countryside. The neighboring rivers and canyons especially impressed her, and while still in her teens she began her first series of drawings and paintings of the neighboring American River. She began her art education while attending Sierra College and continued her formal training at the University of California, Davis where she studied under Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson and other accomplished artists.
While attending U. C. Davis, Janet began freelancing as an illustrator for computer game companies. She created cover art for several notable companies, namely 20th Century Fox and Sirius Software. She continued to do game cover art and expanded her list of clientele to include nature and science museums who commissioned her for exhibit artwork. She also did a variety of other projects such as patent drawings, logos, and posters.
After illustrating for several years, Janet decided to pursue her fine art career and began painting landscape scenics on location. She later incorporated wildlife into her landscape paintings - much as she would see them - from afar. Today most of her work is painted in the studio.
Whatever the subject, Janet's artwork is reflective of her awe and admiration of nature - a subject matter she is fascinated with. Whether it is landscape or wildlife, her work reveals her fascination with objects or scenes that have natural abstract shape or form that lend themselves to strong linear shapes or designs. The wide variation in moods of Janet's work reflect the variety of natural moods inherent in nature. While some of her paintings may be peaceful and relaxing, others may be twisted and contorted - all are aspects of nature's ceaseless creativity.
OTHER RELATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Janet is co-owner of Trekker Designs, a garment apparel decorating company which she illustrates for. Her illustrations have won the company international apparel decorating awards.
Janet is also a published writer and has authored articles for magazines and newsletters. In addition, she created and edited the Peak and Gorge Boulder a mountain climbing and gorge scrambling newsletter.
She is also an avid outdoor enthusiast. Her daily outings and adventures include hiking, mountain biking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and telemark skiing. She spends her weekends and vacations doing more long range activities such as backpacking, mountain climbing, canyoneering, and bicycle touring. She has toured via a bicycle from Vancouver Canada to Auburn California and from Auburn to the Northern California coast and back.
GALLERY REPRESENTATIVES - (current)
Tarjan Studio
GALLERY REPRESENTATIVES - (Past)
Spinetta Gallery, Plymouth, California.
Mountain Trails Gallery, Park City, Utah; Jackson, Wyoming ; Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Silverthorne Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming.
The Gallery, Mt. Shasta, California
Black Bear Gallery, Mt. Shasta, California.
Zantman's, Carmel, California.
Miners' Gallery, Yreka, California.
Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland & Edmunds, Washington.
The Duck Stamp Gallery, Sacramento, California.
Soda Creek Gallery, Sisters, Oregon.
JURIED NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Birds in Art, 2008, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Wildlife: The Artist's View, 1996, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Birds in Art, 1992, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Competition, 1992, Tacoma, Washington.
Wildlife: The Artist's View, 1990, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Bird's in Art, 1989, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Bird's in Art, 1988, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Wildlife and Environmental Art Show, 1987, Los Angeles Audubon Society, Los Angeles, California. Best of Show and Morris and Perron Merit Award.
Aqueous Open'87, 1987, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Merit Award.
American Artists Professional League's 58th Grand National Exhibition, 1986, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York.
Aqueous Open'86, 1986, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
8th Annual Desert West Juried Art Show, 1986, Lancaster, California.
JURIED REGIONAL EXHIBITIONS
A Taste Of Klamath, 2008, Klamath Falls, Oregon, Second Place
Celebration of Birds Exhibit, 2005, Klamath Falls, Oregon, Best of Show, First Place, People’s Choice Award.
Siskiyou Artists Association Art Show, 1992, Weed, California. Second Place and Best Domestic Animal Award.
Siskiyou Artists Association Art Show, 1989, Yreka, California. Best of Show and First Place Landscape.
Siskiyou Artists Association Art Show, 1987, Yreka, California. People's Choice Award and Best Watercolor Award.
Auburn Arts 35, 1986, Auburn, California. Honorable Mention.
Vacaville at Show, 1986, Vacaville, California.
Fairfield Art Show, 1985, Fairfield, California.
Eclectic Two Art Show, 1985, Roseville, California.
Vacaville Art Show, 1985, Vacaville, California.
Auburn Arts 33, 1984, Auburn, California. Honorable Mention.
High Desert Art Show, 1981, Joshua Tree, California. Honorable Mention.
ONE PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Journeys in Art by Janet Tarjan Erl, 2008, The Gallery in Mt. Shasta, Mt. Shasta, California.
Paintings by Janet Tarjan Erl, 2003, Modoc Gallery, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Klamath Regional Arts, 2003, Klamath Arts Council Gallery, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Favell Western Art Show, 2002, Favell Museum, Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Paintings of The American Landscape, 1997, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Edmunds, WA.
6th Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, 1996, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Art of The West, 1995, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, Washington
An Evening With Tarjan, 1995, Fairchild Medical Center, Yreka, California.
5th Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, 1995, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
Watercolors, 1994, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Edmunds, Washington.
4th Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, 1994, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
Sixth Annual Original Showcase, 1994, Prestige Gallery, Massasauga, Ontario, Canada.
Natural Wonders, 1993, Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin. Permanent collection.
One Person Show, 1993, Camera Shasta, Yreka, California.
3rd Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, 1993, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
5th Annual Original Showcase, 1993, Prestige Gallery. Massasauga, Ontario, Canada.
2nd Annual Northwest Invitational Miniature Show, 1992, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA.
4th Annual Original Showcase, 1992, Prestige Gallery. Massasauga, Ontario, Canada.
Three Person Show, 1992 Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho.
Two Person Show, 1991, Kavesh Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho.
Cats. 1991. Pacific Wildlife Galleries. Lafayette, California.
Northwest Invitational Miniature Show. 1991. Howard/Mandville Gallery. Kirkland, Washington.
3rd Annual Original Showcase. 1991. Prestige Gallery. Massasauga, Ontario, Canada.
Wildlife of The West, 1990, One person show, 'The Duck Stamp, Sacramento, California.
Watercolors, 1989, Zantman Art Galleries, Carmel, California.
RELATED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Impressions Imprinted Sportswear T-Shirt Competition, 2002, Long Beach, California. First Place, Manual Press Division Impressions Imprinted Sportswear T-Shirt
Fast Fiilms International Screen Printing Competition, 2001, Phoenix, Arizona, First Place Award, Manual Press Division
Mt. Shasta Run/Walk T-shirt Design Contest, 1998, Mt. Shasta, California, First Place.
Mt. Shasta Run/Walk T-shirt Design Contest, 1997, Mt. Shasta, California, First Place.
GRANTS
Owen Gromme Grant, 1990, American Museum of Wildlife Art of the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dan Dobbins Stipend, 1983, Sierra Club Motherlode Chapter, California.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Leigh Yawkey Woodsen Art Museum, Wausau, WI 1989. Watercolor.
PUBLICATIONS:
Along the Wilderness Trail, Wildlife Art News, May/June 1992.
Artist Vignette, Wildlife Art News, May/June 1990.
The Watercolor Wonders of Janet Tarjan Erl, Siskiyou Times, Aug. 1, 1990.
Private Showings, US Art, April 1989.
Painting in The Back Country - A Guide to Streamlining Your Art Gear, American Artist, October 1988.
Works of Art Capture Nature's Serenity, Siskiyou Daily News, Sept., 19, 1988.
Sacramento's Wildlife Parkway, Outdoor California, Sept./Oct. 1985.
FINE ART PUBLISHERS
Wild Wings, Lake City, Minnesota.
Applejack, Glen Cove, New York, 1991.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Apparel Illustrator and Designer. !997- present. Illustrated designs for custom and preprinted apparel.
Freelance Illustrator. 1980 - present. Illustrated museum and science exhibits, computer game cover art, logos, posters, and patent drawings.
Scientific Illustrator. 1976 - 1978. Sierra College Science Center and Planetarium, Sierra College, Rocklin, California. Illustrated science exhibits and created planetarium multimedia slide programs.
© 2008 Janet Tarjan Erl & © 2008 Trekker Designs, Inc.