CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Planters Bank-Hilldale Gallery will feature the artworks of native Clarksvillian Janet Jones Felts during the month of January 2017.
Janet’s realistic “Tennessee Landscapes” are represented in watercolor, oils, acrylic and charcoal. Janet spent most of her time exploring the woods behind her home as a child and trees are her favorite subject matter to paint and draw.
After graduation from Clarksville High School, she attended Austin Peay State University and earned a Bachelor of Fine Art in Art Education. Mrs. Felts went on to work as a Graphic Artist for the Tennessee Department of Revue and then to teach art at the secondary level in Nashville and the greater Atlanta area. She also earned her Master’s Degree in Art Education at Georgia State University.
Since her retirement in 2010, she has returned to middle Tennessee to pursue her career as a professional artist. Janet has a studio in Erin, Tennessee just off the square on East Main Street. Some of the paintings were done on location (Plein Air) and others were done in her studio.
The landscapes are of Clarksville, Monteagle, Dover, Wears Valley and Erin areas. Mrs. Felts is an award winning artist and has had her work juried into exhibitions throughout the southeast. She belongs to the Downtown Artist Co-Op – Clarksville, Chestnut Group- Nashville, Tennessee, Watercolor Society, Women Painters of the Southeast, International Society of Acrylic Painters, and the Southern Watercolor Society.
The Planters-Hilldale branch is located at 1971 Madison Street. The exhibit rotates the First Thursday of each month and is open to the public during regular bank hours: 8:30 am-4:00 pm, Monday-Thursday, and 8:30 am-5:30 pm, Friday.