ABOUT

Hi, welcome!
I’m Janelle, a painter in Denver, CO.
After graduating with a BFA from Metro State University in 2011, I began exhibiting layered mylar drawings influenced heavily by existentialism, the ephemeral, dreams, and memory. These eventually evolved into collage-style paintings that smashed together figures, landscape, animals, etc., referencing the conglomeration of the human experience. Painted in an expressive realist style, images intersect with a dream-like cadence that pushes us to question our memory, perception of time, and physicality.

I’ve been honored with several accolades throughout my career, including the Nagel Art Thesis Award and Honorable Mention for my thesis installation at Metro State. I was also a member of Denver co-op Pirate: Contemporary Art from 2011 - 2014, completed a residency with the Firehouse Art Center in Longmont, CO in 2021, and was an Artist in Residence at RiNo ArtPark from 2023 - 2025. I also installed my first large-scale multi-panel commission for the Freudenthal Library at Trinidad State College in Trinidad, CO, in August 2024.

My current studio is located at Carousel Arts, in Englewood's Civic Center, where we host Open Studios every 2nd Saturday from 1-4pm. Come say hi and see what we're working on!

Carousel Arts
901 Englewood Pkwy, Suite 108
Englewood, CO 80110


Contact me to schedule a studio visit!