ABOUT JANET MCCRORIE

JANET
JANET IS A SCOTTISH ARTIST, SPECIALISING IN PAINTING SCOTTISH DANCERS IN MOVEMENT.
JANET HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME SHE HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE METHOD OF CAPTURING MOVEMENT IN PAINT. HER MAIN BODY OF WORK IS PAINTINGS FEATURING SCOTTISH DANCERS WHERE THE AIM IS TO INVOKE A SENSE OF PRIDE AND NOSTALGIA IN THIS HISTORIC SCOTTISH TRADITION.

THE SHAPES MADE BY THE BODY IN ACTION ARE DESCRIBED BY JANET'S ARTISTIC STYLE WHICH ENCOURAGES THE EYE TO MOVE AROUND THE PAINTING. THIS IS BEST SERVED BY USING MIXED MEDIA INCLUDING ACRYLICS, OIL PASTELS, INKS AND OIL PAINT, TO ALLOW THE VARIATION IN TEXTURES NEEDED TO REPRESENT THE INDIVIDUAL LOOK OF THE TARTAN, SILK, VELVET AND TWEED AND TO EXPRESS THE EXUBERANT MOVEMENT OF THE DANCING.

JANET IS OFTEN COMMISSIONED TO PAINT SPECIFIC SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND SHE IS HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO IDENTIFY THE FAMILIAR MOVEMENT IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND REPLICATE THE MOVEMENT IN PAINT. SHE IS ALSO REGULARLY COMMISSIONED BY INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE PAINTINGS WITH A SPECIFIC TARTAN OR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS WEDDINGS OR SPORTING EVENTS.

HER PAINTINGS CAN BE FOUND IN MANY GALLERIES THROUGHOUT SCOTLAND AND SELL INTERNATIONALLY.

ST COLUMBA'S HOSPICE AND THE ROYAL SCOTTISH DANCING SOCIETY HAVE USED JANET'S PAINTINGS FOR CARDS, CALENDARS AND ILLUSTRATION AND SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL MAGAZINE ARTICLES PUBLISHED ABOUT HER AND HER WORK

ORIGINALLY FROM LANARKSHIRE, JANET NOW LIVES IN EAST LOTHIAN AND WORKS FROM A STUDIO IN HER HOME.