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Cafe Society painting shown in an ornate gilded frame. Click at right for this painting and information.
Café Society, an original 24"x18" acrylic painting of swanky Orni Sapiens gathered for a chat and photo-op at their favourite café. Click below for inquiries .
Party in Birdland, original 36"x48" acrylic painting with collage (fabric, paper) on canvas, is an enchanting festive tableau inviting us to a more-than-human gathering of people and birds celebrating music, nature, and flights of fancy. See this work animated on this site's Welcome page of this site (use computer or large screen or image remains static). Click below for inquiries.
Critic or Art Lover Views Party in Birdland. What if you saw this painting in a museum? Click below for inquiries.
BirdWoman at Home, 30"x48" , original acrylic painting on canvas, presents a wonderful character appearing in several paintings in Janet Strayer's Orni Sapiens series. She lives close to nature and art and loves to fly freely. Click below for inquiries.
Detail of Flower Vase from original painting. Click below for inquiries. Birdwoman at Home
Outrageous Tweeter, 36"x36" acrylic on canvas original painting, is a lively and bold abstract depiction of a huge bird on a tightrope in chaotic political times. Click below for inquiries.
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Outrageous Tweeter in an art gallery setting with You Know Who namesake. Click below for inquiries;
Urban Birdwoman, 36"x48"original acrylic painting presents this free-spirited woman sitting on a rooftop with birds aloft and around her. Click below for inquiries.
Four and Twenty.36"x48"
Kite Flyers, 36"x36"
Poet and Jester, 30"x24", combines acrylic painting and collage in an original mixed media work on wood. Imagination reigns in this visual story of two eternal boys and the dream-reality dichotomy. Painted in France, it contains sayings and pictures from vintage French magazines. Click below for inquiries.
Good Day's Travel, 36"x36" original acrylic on canvas painting, invites us to a colourfully airy, whimsical day at sea with playful birds. Click below for inquiries.
Crow's Fortune, 30"x30" original acrylic painting, immerses us in a beautifully impressionistic red landscape with one bird discovering green berries. Click below for inquiries.
Crow's Fortune, 30"x36" original acrylic painting on canvas ,is a companion to Crow's Legacy. An impressionistically rendered allegory of good fortune passed onward. The atmospheric red colour gloriously insisted itself as the artist painted.Click below for inquiries.
Canada Goose Chase, 36"x48", original acrylic painting on canvas, aligns realism and abstraction in a decoratively stylized manner. The interplay of flat shapes and full forms harmonize remarkably well. Click below for inquiries.
Ode to Flight, 30"x40", original acrylic painting on canvas, joyously presents a set of whimsical creatures who ceremoniously enact a magical ritual to hold planes aloft. Click below for inquiries.
DaVinci's Flying Machine, 30"x40", an original acrylic painting on canvas, whimsically celebrates the amazing mind of DaVinci in this fanciful portrait of him conceiving his flying machine invention. The painting imaginatively connects his concept of a flying machine to fanciful images of birds, machines, and wind currents, along with replicas of DaVinci's own drawings.
Golden Birds, 27.5"x39" is a highly textured original acrylic painting with gold leaf on wood. A story of a golden "outsider" bird whose artful tastes are scorned by the flock. Click below for inquiries.
Birds of a Different Feather, 36"x48", original acrylic painting on canvas, displays a dynamic array of personalized birds in flight-- a fondly imaginative allegory inspired by the artist's life on a small island. Click below for inquiries.
Riders of the Dawn, 20"x 16", an original acrylic painting on canvas, blends layers of blues and greens to create decoratively imagined birds and animals in timeless atmosphere. Click below for inquiries.
Flight Interrupted, 30"x36" original abstract painting SOLD. Inquiries can be made (click below) for commissions or canvas prints..
Papageno, 36"x36" original painting inspired by Mozart's
"Magic Flute" SOLD. Click below for inquiries, commissions, or canvas prints.
Southern Sea, 19.5"x26" original acrylic painting on paper bonded to wood, A soft abstract calmly reminiscent of seaside vistas in southern climes. Southern Sea, 19.5"x26" acrylic on paper bonded to wood, A soft abstract calmly reminiscent of seaside vistas in southern climes. Click below for inquiries, commissions, or archival prints.
WINGS is a collection of artwork featuring birds, winged creatures, objects and ideas that fly in reality or soar in imagination. Journey through a world in Janet Strayer Art where reality meets imagination. Each work is noted for its exceptional artistry and evocation of different moods and open-ended stories. Experience the wonder and freedom embodied here and let your imagination take wing. Click at right to see the series
Click on a painting within the series for information about it.
Saturna Island, B.C.
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