Janice Weissman and the art of replicating a living canvas
The model on the lower left is the same woman in the painting on the right in “The Three Graces”, oil on canvas, Janice Weissman. Photo by David Fairchild “Much like wearing jewelry or designer clothes, tattooing has become a personal message about a woman’s identity… I am the re-teller of their stories.” And I am now the re-teller of Janice Urnstein Weissman’s story, a figurative painter with a sensual eye for detail, color, form, and the seductive interplay of light and dark. In her middle 60s, and living in a spacious home high above the Palos Verdes Art Center, Weissman has followed her artistic passions for over 40 years. She’s meticulous, a perfectionist with her brush, and her large canvases routinely require six months of hard work. The pictures? They’ve been exhibited worldwide, from Milan to Miami, from Paris to Israel and Toronto. Reviews have been published in Art Week, Art in America, and American Art Collector. When it’s the final result that matters, the formal education does not, but for those who are impressed by labels and diplomas, Weissman received her Master of Arts from the University of Cincinnati and her Bachelors from the Kansas City Art Institute. She…
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