About
Flowers represent happiness; their beauty energizes and comforts me.
Janick Lorion has been a watercolour artist for more than 35 years. Born and raised in Laval, Quebec, under the tutelage of her father, she started oil painting at age 9 and by age 14 was exhibiting at the Foyer des Arts gallery in Montreal’s downtown Eaton’s store. In 1986, she switched from oil painting to watercolours and studied with a number of well-known watercolour artists. As a professional agrologist, Janick worked as a biologist for the Canadian government, with a strong interest in indigenous plants, heritage seeds, biodiversity and sustainable agriculture. With rich, vibrant colours and a free and open style, Janick’s paintings explore the wonders of nature, particularly the beauty of flowers. She comments “Painting flowers is an expression of my inward flower garden, a world where everything is possible, where colours are extra bright and where I am constantly exploring and simplifying designs to reveal their essence.” Her inspiration and creative processes come from her love of plants and nature’s seasonal cycles. “Nature is everywhere, in all of us, and embracing everything. It is mysterious, beautiful and in a constant survival mode. Janick’s paintings are an interpretation of nature’s forces, beauty and strength with the goal to inspire everyone to be gentle and tender with it, and to feed our secret inner gardens.
Janick has exhibited in other galleries in Quebec, Ontario and New Mexico. She has participated enthusiastically for a number of years in Art in the Park events in Ottawa and Kingston, Ontario and various fund-raising silent auctions.
Her love of the out-of-doors is reflected in other aspects of her life. She is an avid cross-country skier, hiker, cyclist and organic gardener. Janick resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
ART GALLERIES
1979-1992 Eatons Downtown Gallery, Montréal, Québec (oil paintings)
1992 Fulford Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Watercolour Society, 25th Juried Art Exhibition
1993 Gallery Claude Brocard, Prévost, Québec
2004-2005 Carlen Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2004-2008 Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 Gallery 408, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2014 Kevin Dodds Gallery and Studio, Ottawa, Ontario
2018 current Ottawa School of Art
2018 current Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario https://koymangalleries.com/artist/janick-lorion/
ART AUCTIONS
2002 Participated in Silent Auction held by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO), benefiting the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), Ottawa, Ontario
2002, 2003, 2006 Council for the Arts in Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario – Holiday Wreath Silent Auction
2003 Art donor for a silent auction for An Evening with Abigail, Ottawa, Ontario
2005 The Tulip Art Exhibition & Sale at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario
2009 Participant in the Art for Heritage show at St-George’s Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario
ART FESTIVALS
1997-2006 Art in the Park, Ottawa, Ontario
2001-2002 Art at the Billings Estate Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
2003-2006 Art in Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario, as well participant in its silent auction for the Schizophrenia Society
2003-2018 Women’s Art Festival, Kingston, Ontario
2013-2015 Artful Ladies Show, Ottawa, Ontario
CUSTOM CREATIONS
VIDA https://shopvida.com/collections/jmlorion
Le Galeriste https://www.legaleriste.com/en/search?keyword=janick%20lorion&filterby=6