by janbetts | Jul 11, 2011
Here is a link to an article written about me, and my arrival to Costa Rica back in the 70’s when it was as yet un tarnished by the infiltration of foreigners ….published in an online magazine. My life in Costa Rica has been an elaborate, fascinating and ...
by janbetts | Jul 10, 2011
This painting is difficult to find words for…i will try. ( I notice the re appearance of tears, and of the orb….and idealistic intentions. Much has changed in my own perceptions about it all…since creating these paintings .) ( click image to enlarge...
by janbetts | Jun 19, 2011
This is one of the paintings displayed in the Retrospective Gallery in my main website. The meaning of it may not be clear to most observers, so I thought I would write a bit about it…and what it means to me. Like many of the visions that come into my art, this one...
by janbetts | Jun 13, 2011
Well….there was not much more to do but refine the vision and fine tune the painting. The orchid turned into a being from another realm….and entertained me in the process....
by janbetts | Jun 6, 2011
OK….at the suggestion of a couple friends, i am going to share the process of creating a painting. Here, i have posted the beginning of the piece i am now working on, and then a later development of it, as it looks this morning…and i will post another...
by janbetts | May 27, 2011
Wow! The photo of this painting, done many years ago, was just sent to me. Interesting that some of my recent posts have also been about “tears”. Much of my art reflects the images of inner realms of the human condition…both heaven and...
by janbetts | May 18, 2011
Woah….This is a totally different approach to a canvas for me. What an experience! I want to be able to explain it….but it is not possible. The title describes it….to fling out the dense visceral stuff still taking up precious inner space in my would...
by janbetts | May 8, 2011
Here is a painting of one of my dogs, my beautiful Lab, Maya. One early morning i was pondering …”Truth.” We can and do make things true in our minds all the time, and do so repeatedly in an almost steady stream, we even make lies...
by janbetts | Apr 30, 2011
This image for me represents a moment of spiritual expansion….in the arrival of a shock (lightning) and the inner Gift offered therein. A prayer, a true profound beseeching, ( in this case a dramatic scream ), actually contains the help at the very moment of its...
by janbetts | Apr 20, 2011
This painting was painted many years ago….but the image is one that to me stands on it’s own merit, in representing the state of mind where we finally give up “arms”, and multi-faceted inner resistance….and truly surrender to the most...
