This is my first Studio Sale! It happens on November 11 from 1 to 3:30 at my Foundry studio, #20.
I will be offering deep discounts to make room for the new artwork I'll be creating in 2013.

This is the Art Group 360 ad in the July issue of American Art Collector magazine.

My painting, Blanchette Landing Morning is shown here on the upper right.

Opening reception at Ober Anderson Gallery

This is Art Group 360's ad in the current (June) issue of American Art Collector magazine.

Also in that issue is a review of our upcoming show at Ober Anderson Gallery. We are also included in the "Art Lover's Guide to Collecting Art in the Midwest" special section.

Our opening reception is June 1st from 6 to 10 pm. All six 360 member artists will be in attendance.

The show will run from June 1 through 29.

Ober Anderson Gallery
101A West Argonne
Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314)821-6241

Plein Air Landscape

Green Reflections, oil on canvas panel, 11x14, (c) Janet Fons 2012

I painted this piece during the Augusta Plein Air Event. Augusta Shores is a community built around a lake and the scenery is gorgeous. I spent the day painting at the edge of the lake in a small grove of trees.

Plein Air painting from Augusta Event

Lake Reflections, oil on canvas panel, 12x16 (c) Janet Fons 2012

I painted this during the Augusta Plein Air Event. The weather was  warm and sunny and the lake at Klondike Park was a beautiful sight.

Opening Exhibition Reception this Friday at RAC

Warm Afternoon Light, oil on canvas, 30x30 (c) Janet Fons 2011

I will have three paintings included in the Regional Arts Commission
METRO ARTS EXCHANGE in collaboration with The Foundry Art Centre. The opening reception is Friday, May 11 from 5:30 to 7:30pm on the second floor. The show is currated by Angela Fowle.
Featured Foundry artists include Janet Fons, John Dean, Ann Croghan, Jie Chen, Laura Lloyd and Patrick Nolan.
The show runs from May 11- to August 25. Exhibition Hours: M-F 9am - 5pm, Sat noon - 5pm
Regional Arts Commission
6128 Delamar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112


Plein Air Painting in Augusta, MO



Spring Vines, oil on canvas panel, 11x14 inches

This week is the 10th Annual Plein Air event in Augusta, MO. The spring was warm enough so that the grape vines are leafed out much more than they normally are. What a treat! Usually they are only sticks at this point. I painted these sweet little vines in Defiance.

Welcome to My New Online Gallery: Art Group 360

This is the announcement for my new online gallery. We are beginning our collaboration with this website and a national advertising campaign in American Art Collector magazine starting with the June issue. More news to come!

New painting from Florida trip

Sugar Sand Beach oil on gallery wrap canvas, 30x40 inches

This scene is from Siesta Key on the Gulf side of Florida. The sand is super fine and very white. Its a beautiful beach.

What an audience!

This big guy was nearby during a round of golf in south Florida in February. The wildlife around the course was amazing. I am currently working on some Florida inspired paintings. Stay 'tooned.

Looking Over Echo Lake

Looking Over Echo Lake oil on panel, 14x11 inches

Same trip as the last post, although in this part of the mountains it looks like winter isn't yielding to spring yet. We are on the road to Mount Evans but the road is closed at Echo Lake Lodge. The snow is too deep to keep the road open in the winter.

March Thaw

March Thaw, 16 x 20" SOLD

March Thaw, oil on canvas, 16x20.
The snow is melting in the high country in this painting from over Squaw Pass in Colorado. My last visit to the mountains outside Denver with my favorite brother-in-law.

"Forest Park Afternoon:" new landscape

Forest Park Afternoon, oil on panel, 16x12 inches

This wonderful old city park has a bounty of areas to paint. Did you know Forest Park is larger than Central Park in NYC?

Open Studios Night at The Foundry Art Centre 1/13/2012

Join the Foundry resident artists upstairs for Open Studio Night on January 13, 2012. Browse through the working studios of 17 regional artists, working full time at the centre, creating artwork in a variety of styles and mediums. Whether your interest is classic contemporary realism, impressionism, ceramics, abstract art or mixed media, we have something to delight your senses.

Its 2012!

Happy New Year!

This painting is titled Deer Lake River 16x12 oil on canvas. This is an area in Forest Park, Saint Louis that is a natural area with wonderful streams running through boulders. Its very peaceful and on a warm day you can sit for hours and paint or just contemplate nature.