Jana Winters Parkin
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How (and why) I reinvented myself as a painter...

1/5/2016

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"Eaton Canyon," painted on location in Pasadena's Eaton Canyon, during a workshop by Joseph Stoddard in 2001.
About 15 years ago, while living in Los Angeles and running my own graphic design studio, I experienced a devastating loss that had an earth-shattering effect on my work and my life. Then I discovered artist Joseph Stoddard and remembered why I love to paint, why I live to paint. Read the whole Begin-Again story here, on The Living Room facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fromthelivingroom/photos/a.517322511752728.1073741829.512711315547181/590681541083491/?type=3&theater
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    I am an artist and art instructor working in water media. Just knowing I can watch colors run together makes it worth getting out of bed every morning! Helping students capture the same excitement is equally rewarding.

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