Janyce Boynton
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Janyce Boynton STATEMENT Collage is, for me, the perfect way to integrate my creative interests: art quilting, photography, print-making, and painting. I am intrigued by texture. I am also nostalgic and try to bring elements of that into my work, whether it is with vintage lace patterns echoed in my hand-cut stamps or symbolism gleaned from memories that may not be readily apparent to lookers-on. Art-making is personal to me and that intimacy is reflected by the smaller sizes of my canvases. There are faster ways to work, but I find that hand-stamping the paper I will use on a canvas, and then cutting out the individual pieces for gluing, is an important part of the whole art-making experience. I value the hand made imperfections and the meditative, sometimes frustrating, decision-making process that comes with handling painted paper that is less than ideal. I know I have accomplished something wonderful when I can step back from a collage and find that those bits and pieces of individually torn, cut, or blemished papers have been transformed into something new and beautiful. BIO Janyce Boynton is a self-guided collage and mixed media artist living in Old Town, Maine. Her training includes real-life and online workshops, plus hours of practice and play with paint, paper and glue. She has a master’s degree in education and spent time teaching in the public schools before finding her true passion in the visual arts 16 years ago. She opened Pinecone and Sparrow in 2014 and currently works from a home-based studio. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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