About
Artist Statement
I am fascinated with nature and the curving organic shapes that it contains in abundance—especially in flowers. I enjoy making intimate portraits of nature on a grand scale using color, shape, and light to create drama. With a formal training in graphic design, I am not only interested in the main subject, but also the negative space around the subject and how they combine to make a dynamic painting. I enjoy translating an image in my own “language”, finding shapes in form and shadow and then exaggerating them. I aim to create a powerful image in which the viewer has the sense of the canvas glowing from within.
About the Artist
Janci Mannington has been oil painting for nearly thirty years. She has enjoyed a successful portrait-painting career and is recognized for her ability to capture likeness and spirit in her portraits of people and animals. Inspired by the beauty of the Northwest garden, her new paintings are filled with large flowers flooded with exciting color and dramatic lighting. She uses her traditional portrait painting tools of fine grade canvas, professional oil paints, and red sable brushes to create amazingly smooth, almost burnished-looking “nature portraits.”
Mannington graduated from Penn State University with a BA in graphic design.
"I have over sixteen years experience designing, illustrating and photographing various subjects for my graphic design clients. Over the years, graphic design
became a profession that required one to spend a great deal of time behind the computer and I longed to use my hands and more traditional painting tools again.”
Mannington was juried into the Women Painters of Washington in 2009. This is a prestigious organization of women artists from around the state that was founded in 1930. She is currently showing her work at the Women Painters of Washington Gallery in the Columbia Tower in downtown Seattle, where she was voted “favorite artist.”
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Education
B.A. Penn State University, graduated with distinction
Selected Shows
2019
• Pacific Regents Tower Group Show, December-March—Bellevue, WA
• Overlake Hospital, “Healing with the Arts” Solo Show, March-June—Bellevue, WA
• Schack Art Center, “Pets on Parade” Juried Group Show, March-April—Everett, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Fresh Pressed”, April-June—Seattle, WA
• Mercer Island Com. Center, “Outside the Lines” Seattle CoArts Juried Show, April-May—Mercer Island, WA
• Scott Milo Gallery, “A Brush with Color” Juried Show, May-June—Anacortes, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Juried Exhibition, June—Edmonds, WA
• Schack Art Center, “Art of the Garden” Juried Group Show, June-August, Everett, WA
• American Art Company, “Elemental Rhapsody” Juried Exhibition, September-November—Tacoma, WA
• Gallery North, Various Visions, October—Edmonds, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Small Works”, October-January—Seattle, WA
2018
• Collective Visions Gallery, CVG Juried Show, January-February—Bremerton, WA
• Polaris Gallery, Group Exhibition, January-February—Bellevue, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Duets”, January-March—Seattle, WA
• ERA University House at Wallingford, “Secret Visions” Juried Show, February-June—Seattle, WA
• Schack Art Center, 21st Juried Art Show, March-April—Everett, WA
• Gallery at the Park, “Fusion”, Juried Show, April-—Richland, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Portraits With/Out People”, April-June—Seattle, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Juried Exhibition, June—Edmonds, WA
• Tsuga Fine Art, Summer Show, June-August—Bothell, WA
• Lynnwood Convention Center, “Inventions in Color and Light” Exhibition, July-December—Lynnwood, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Small and Powerful” Exhibition, October-January—Seattle, WA
2017
• EAFA Gallery, Open Juried Abstract Show, January-March—Kirkland, WA
• Department of Ecology, Group Show, January-April—Bellevue, WA
• The Prince Street Gallery, Women Artists Coast to Coast-EAST, Juried Show, February-March—New York, NY
• ERA Gallery, “With Flying Colors” Juried Exhibition, February-June—Bellevue, WA
• Gallery North, Small Works Juried Show, March—Edmonds, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Writing on the Wall” Exhibition, April-June—Seattle, WA
• EAFA Gallery, EAFA Curated Show, May—Kirkland, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Juried Exhibition, June—Edmonds, WA
• Schack Art Center, “Art of the Garden”, Juried Group Show, June-September—Everett, WA
• Childhood’s End Gallery, “Seasons” Juried Show, August-September—Olympia, WA
• Gallery North, Seattle Co-Arts Show, October—Edmonds, WA
• Molbak’s Gallery, Woodinville Arts Alliance Exhibition, October—Woodinville, WA
• Cascadia Art Museum, Provincetown White Line Prints Juried Show, October-November—Edmonds, WA
2016
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Red” Exhibition, October-January—Seattle, WA
• EAFA Curated Show, EAFA Gallery, November-January—Kirkland, WA
• Tsuga Fine Art, Miniature Masterpieces and More, December-January—Bothell, WA
• Parklane Gallery, Winter Show of Small Works, December-January—Kirkland, WA
• Citrine Health, Solo Show, August—Everett, WA
• Edmonds Library, Featured Artist, July—Edmonds, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Musical Pieces” Exhibition, April-July—Seattle, WA
• Overlake Hospital, Group Show, July-November—Bellevue, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Abstract Marks” Exhibition, January-April—Seattle, WA
• Bellevue Art Museum, Community Education Center, “Women’s Works”, January-April—Bellevue, WA
• Schack Art Center, Juried Group Show, March-April—Everett, WA
• Gallery North, Small Works Juried Show, March—Edmonds, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Juried Exhibition, June—Edmonds, WA
• Kenmore Art Show, Juried Group Exhibition, June—Seattle, WA
2015
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Painting Poetry” Exhibition, September-January—Seattle, WA
• Parklane Gallery, Winter Show of Small Works, December-January—Kirkland, WA
• Tsuga Fine Art, EAFA Member’s Juried Show, October-November—Bothell, WA
• Schack Art Center, “Art of the Garden” Juried Show, June-August—Everett, WA
• Overlake Hospital, Group Show, July-November—Bellevue, WA
• Scott Milo Gallery, “Summer Impressions”, June-July—Anacortes, WA
• Edmonds Art Festival Gallery, Juried Exhibition, June—Edmonds, WA
• Parklane Gallery, Juried Miniature Show, April-May—Kirkland, WA
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Black and White” Show, March-May—Seattle, WA
• East Shore Gallery, “Winter in Bloom” Show, January-March—Bellevue, WA
• Larson Gallery, “Visual Voices” Exhibition, January-February—Yakima, WA
• Overlake Medical Conference Center, Group Show, January-April—Bellevue, WA
• VALA Gallery, Juried Spring Show, March-April—Redmond, WA
2011-2014 Selected
• Women Painters of Washington Gallery, “Harmony” Member’s Show, June-August—Seattle, WA
• Overlake Medical Center, Group Show, September-November—Bellevue, WA
• ArtsWest, “Garden” Juried Group Show, April-June—Seattle, WA
• Semantics Art Gallery, Feature Artist, September-October—Edmonds, WA
• Blue Heron Gallery/Vashon Allied Arts, Feature Artist, June—Vashon Island, WA
• Semantics Art Gallery, Solo Show, February-March—Edmonds, WA
• EAFA Gallery at the Seattle Design Center, Group Show, January—Seattle, WA
• Semantics Art Gallery, Feature Artist, September—Edmonds, WA
Awards
• 2019—3rd Place-Seattle CoArts Juried Show "Outside the Lines"—Mercer Island, WA
• 2018—Honorable Mention-21st Juried Art Show, Shack Art Center Gallery—Everett, WA
• 2015—Honorable Mention-“Visual Voices” Exhibition, Larson Gallery—Yakima, WA
• 2014—Stevens Winery Award, EAFA Member’s Show—Seattle, WA
• 2013—EAFA Donor’s Award, 38th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, November—Seattle, WA
• 2013—3rd place, EAFA membership, January—Bellevue, WA
• 2012—2nd place, EAFA membership, April—Bellevue, WA
• 2011—Favorite Artist Award, WPW “Escapades”—Seattle, WA
• 2011—Honorable Mention, Edmonds Art Festival—Edmonds, WA
• 2011—Poster Artist for WPW Spring Member’s Show
• 2010—People’s Choice Award, EAFA 35th Annual Juried Open Exhibition
• 2010—Honorable Mention, Kenmore Juried Art Show—Kenmore, WA
• 2010—Favorite Artist Award, EAFA membership, September—Bellevue, WA
• 2010—Art And Soul Award, WPW Members Show at Kaewyn Gallery—Bothell, WA
• 2009—Favorite Artist Award, WPW “Passages” Show—Seattle, WA
• 2009—ADG printing Award, EAFA 34th Annual Juried Exhibition—Bellevue, WA
• 2009—Dakota Art Award, Arts of Snohomish Juried Exhibition—Snohomish, WA
• 2009—Favorite Artist Award, EAFA membership, December—Bellevue, WA
• 2008—Woodinville Tour of Gardens, Poster Artist—Woodinville, WA
Representation
Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Columbia Tower, Seattle, WA
Art Related Activities and Associations
Member Oil Painters of America
Member Women Painters of Washington
Member Evergreen Association of Fine Arts
Member Seattle Co-Arts
Member Kirkland Arts Center
Private art instruction for various clients, 2002-10
Head of Art Docent program and teacher for the Bear Creek School, 1999-04