Janicke - The Back Story

I was born in Norway, raised in Adelaide and I now reside in the very creative and always changeable Melbourne.

I have been creating art my whole life but it wasn't until 2009 that I took a leap of faith, quit my teaching job and went head first into my art.  There has been no clear path or set of directions; however, I continue to strive for success and artistic fulfillment.

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Janicke - The Artist

My art work is interpretive and modern combining textures, patterns and intense colours to create responses to my environment and memory. Colour is dripped, sprayed, scraped and splashed onto the canvas and then blocked out with bold whites and muted colours to create the final image. There are recurring themes such as people, flora and fauna that emerge from my work, often with a quirky playfulness about them. I also create sculptures using recycled plastic, tape and wire as the core of the piece with a papier mache and plaster covering to create a stone like appearance.

Janicke - The Environment

I am passionate about my art and the environment and my ambition is to continue to limit further environmental impact and to pass on this message to current and future artists. I reuse, reduce and recycle when creating my art and in my day to day life. 
Some examples are:

• Turning my old clothing into cleaning cloths or giving them to Op Shops
• Collecting packaging and other non recyclable items and creating sculptures out of it
• Adding old paint chips or unwanted plastic to my paintings
• Minimising my water use by using rain water, using it twice (not clean water each time I wash my paint brushes) 
• Painting outside so to use natural light
• Making collages out of dried out paint
• Picking up rubbish whilst walking my dogs (that includes other dogs poos - I like to think my poo karma is up)