Exploring Color Fearlessly

Exploring Color Fearlessly is a solo exhibition by Noreene Janus featuring vibrant abstract paintings built from saturated reds, yellows, oranges, and blues. Her compositions combine bold black lines with layered, twisting ribbons and forms that suggest swings, ladders, windows, and passageways, creating energetic scenes that can develop into deliberately chaotic arrangements.

Janus develops her compositions digitally on an iPad before transferring them to canvas. After beginning her career with small representational watercolors, she moved toward large-scale abstraction as a way to express intuitive ideas and emotions beyond the constraints of realism. Her work draws on a lifetime shaped by the social changes of the 1960s and 1970s, extensive travel, and her experiences living and working in Mexico, Spain, France, and India. Her work with USAID took her to villages in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia, and Latin American life and art remain major sources of inspiration. Janus lives and works in Falls Church, Virginia, and also maintains a studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

When: October 25–November 21, 2026.

Reception: Friday, October 30, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Artist Talk: Saturday, November 14, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM.

Featured works: The exhibition includes works titled “Urban Vibes,” “Lofty Vista,” “Tangled,” “Abyss,” and “Rebel Path.”

Venue: Waverly Street Gallery.

Tickets: Price not available.