Janet Karam

Janet Karam is an expressive abstract artist based near Dallas, Texas. She is emerging as a prolific painter with a growing body of work, including series of abstract cityscape, bicycle, musician and nude paintings.

Though always a lover of art, yet her true passion for painting emerged in 1988, while attending life painting courses at the Art Institute of Dallas. Though she continued painting after graduating from the Art Institute, her career path took many turns before she finally decided to become a full-time professional artist in 2006.

When Karam returned to the easel in 2006, it was with verve and earnest, which has ever since. The first series she created, named Funkytown, included abstract cityscape paintings that were originally based on the historical buildings of her home town of Dension, Texas; and later expanded to include skylines and architecture of cities around the world.

In 2007, Karam embarked on a new series of jazz musician paintings that blended well with her expressive style, and in 2008, she created her bicycle and nude series. She continues to work on all four series concurrently in 2009, taking more risks, and pushing on the boundaries in order to dissolve the barriers between realism.

To experience one of Karam’s paintings, regardless of its subject, is to experience her humor and sense of adventure; and to allow oneself to be moved, as she risks little pieces of herself and casts cares to the wind.

Through her dedication, tireless exploration and tenacity, she has created a relatively large body of work. She has exhibited in local Texas galleries, and her work has been collected by national and international art collectors.

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