About the Artist
Master Artist
Seven decades at the easel
BACKGROUND
A Master Artist with more than seven decades at the easel, Janice Coffey Easterday paints with an Impressionist-influenced stroke.
CURRENT MEDIA & PRACTICE
Her favorite mediums are oil when she works in her home studio, and gouache for plein air painting.
LONG-TERM GOAL
Through 2027, Janice is committed to the pursuit of mastery in painting.
RECOGNITION
Janice has held solo exhibitions at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Gilmore Gallery), The Carnegie Center in Three Rivers, and the Sturges-Young Auditorium. She earned a Best of Show Merit Award at the West Michigan Art Guild Annual Fine Arts Show, and her work has been juried into the Michigan Watercolor Society Competition and The Old Town Exhibit in Birmingham.
Her paintings, murals, and commissions are held in private and corporate collections across the United States.
TRAINING
Her training spans over fifty years of sustained study under a distinguished roster of instructors, including Ferdinand Petrie AWS, Jim Kosvanec AWS, Nita Leland, Christopher Willard, Irving Shapiro, and Richard Crozier. Recent work includes plein air sessions at Kuerner Farm in Brandywine, Delaware, plein air with artists in West Michigan, and Eric Rhoads’ Fall Color Week.
TEACHING & VOLUNTEER WORK
A gifted teacher, Janice has guided students from 4-H youth and homeschool classes to adult seminars, adapting to every level. She served on the Sturgis Council of the Arts board and volunteered as a neighborhood program artist.
