Janet Rickus

Janet Rickus is an American still life painter who lives and works in the Berkshires.

In an interview Rickus did with The Artist's Magazine she describes her work quite beautifully. "Still lifes have life, a connection to people and nature that I love.  It's not simply painting objects for me.  The fruits and vegetables, beautiful in their own rights and often with evocative shapes, allow me to bring observations of life to the paintings.  The pottery, new or old, with its decorative or utilitarian functions, brings its own history and a connection with the lives behind it."