Janet Margaret Mueller moved to Key West, Florida from her hometown, Champaign, Illinois in December, 1993.

She has a B.S. in Marketing, College of Commerce, from the University of Illinois and spent the years from 1977 to 1989 as a graphic designer and writer-producer of TV commercials and print advertisements.

In 1991, Janet decided to become a painter of fine art. Since that time, Janet has had numerous solo exhibits in Champaign, IL, Key West, FL, Lexington, KY, Rome, Italy (2001), and in 2005 at the Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House.  Her collection "Political Views" was featured at The Tropic Cinema, Key West from November 2005 through January 2006. Janet Mueller has participated in group shows in Miami, FL and New York, NY.
Her paintings, gouache on paper or oil on canvas, are bold and vibrant.  Works created in a crude, primitive style with non-toxic acrylic paints and mixed media are thought provoking. The artist's style and technique are self-taught and have developed and changed over the years.

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EVOLUTION is a path of spiritual growth as seen through the eyes of the artist. The journey begins as a controlled process. A body can learn to draw a portrait (steps 1-4).

A mind can grasp the creation of color: all colors mixed together plus white make flesh tone (step 3) .

But art comes from the soul, the unconscious. To demonstrate this, the series of images change from the charcoal drawing of the artist's recognizable face to an abstract of the face (step 5) to total abstraction. The images turn into paintings of feelings from inside rather than renderings of images that can be seen on the outside (steps 6-9).

Expressing what lies within is art. It is here that we can experience the bliss of being free.

URHere is flesh and blood made with lettering: u r arrow

  
 

EVOLUTION
Charcoal on canvas, oil on canvas, giclee on paper
12 canvases 9 in x 12 in
Created in the summer of 2003