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. Strong black lines and twisting colored ribbons overlap across the canvases, creating layered compositions that suggest swings, ladders, windows, passageways, and the engaging disorder of life. Janus develops her compositions on an iPad before transferring them to canvas.

The exhibition reflects Janus’s progression from small representational watercolors to large, expressive abstractions. Her work explores intuitive and intangible subjects such as emotion without the constraints of realism. Its inspiration comes from a lifetime shaped by social change, international travel, and years working in international development, particularly in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia. Her experiences in Latin America, along with her studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, continue to influence the work. She lives and works in Falls Church, Virginia.

When: Sunday, October 25–Saturday, November 21, 2026

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

Venue: Waverly Street Gallery

Artist: Noreene Janus

Featured works: “Urban Vibes,” “Lofty Vista,” “Tangled,” “Abyss,” and “Rebel Path”

Tickets: Price not available