Janet Cass
Janet Cass is a fine art photographer and painter living and working in Avalon, NJ and Palm Springs, CA. She creates large fine Art photographic images that are meant to be felt as much as seen, and each image is essentially an abstract painting. Janet does very little post production and relies on what comes through the lens. “I like to allow matters to evolve, letting the images come to me, and a remarkable variety of very different images are the result”.
The “Song of Solitude” photographic portfolio is the result of Janet’s exploration of the salt grass that thrive along New Jersey’s coastal barrier islands. She makes daily treks into the tidal wetlands in her kayak, no matter the weather, and dares to take her camera with her. She paddles deep into the hidden grassland to places most people have no idea exist, inaccessible by motor boat and completely ignored by cars speeding over bridges. The intimacy of being out alone and so close to the water permits her to see, feel and absorb this vast wilderness. She believes her images are of timelessness, contemplation and presence.
MUSEUMS and COLLECTIONS
2016 “Jazz” from the portfolio titled ”Capturing Rhythm”, Palm Springs Art Museum, permanent collection.
2105 New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
2014 The National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA
Private collections in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Naples, Los Angles, San Francisco, and Boulder
PUBLIC ART
2017 Images from the “Songs of Solitude” Photographic Portfolio have been selected for the City of Indio, California Art and Historic Preservation Commission programs. Her work will be part of the inaugural exhibition in 2017, projected onto the Coachella Valley History Museum‘s vintage water tower.
EDUCATION
BFA - Painting Kutztown University, Pennsylvania
Continuing Studies, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
