PainterJanine Salzman
” Art opens your heart to the beauty of everyday life. Sharing this truth with you through my paintings adds meaning to my work and hopefully the life of others.”
Janine Salzman was born and spent her formative years in the exotic Tunis, Tunisia, in North Africa. Inspired as a child by the mingled sights, sounds, and flavors of the French, Arabic and Sephardic cultures of this Mediterranean seaport, she knew at the age of 9 that she wanted to paint the beauty that surrounded her. Later in Paris where she attended secondary school, she discovered and was captivated by the great French Impressionist masters such as Cezanne, Monet and especially Van Gogh.
Finally, in Los Angeles as a young wife and mother of two daughters she found herself liberated, back in Mediterranean-like sunlight and now exposed to the strong plein air painting tradition of nineteenth and twentieth-century California. She was determined to follow her dream dedicating every spare moment she could to painting. After fifteen years of disciplined hard work and over 40 workshops taught by international contemporary masters such as Jove Wang, C. Hartley, J. Mendez, she has fulfilled her dream of becoming a professional artist.
Her rich and varied background, her great love of color and her talent are all evident in her impressionistic paintings which are currently featured in the permanent collections of the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Beach, and in numerous private collections across the country. In addition, she has been recognized by her peers with numerous awards for her plein air landscapes, still lives, figures and portraits.
Janine Salzman passionately paints the wonders of ordinary life in vivid color and palpable energy. Her textured paintings of figure, landscape, & seascape capture the essence of movement & understanding of the world around her. Janine paints with love in her heart for all the sublime, glorious single moments often overlooked.
Art critic Brian Sherwin, Editor of The Art Edge, commented on artist Janine Salzman’s seascape and landscape paintings stating: “I can see why Janine Salzman has garnered acclaim for the beautiful scenes that she has captured in paint. She is able to masterfully capture the essence of these moments in time — drawing viewers in by acknowledging the scenic beauty of our world.”
