JANET  SEARFOSS  
    BATIK  ARTIST

Janet Searfoss is a painter of Batik, the antique appearing paintings done with hot
wax and dyes that often resemble stained glass in fabric form.  Janet combines the
ancient craft of batik with the art of painting .  Her technique is often a radical
departure from the traditional batik.  Janet often combines acrylics and fabric paints
with the hot wax layering, creating her distinctive style of mixed-media batik
painting which she refers to as "American Batik" or wax-resist painting.  

Her paintings often will take over 100 hours to complete.  "I want my Batiks to have
a visual dialogue with the viewer"- Art that speaks to the heart.  The Paintings  show
various perceptions of reality and are intended to stimulate the imagination.  

Janet's professional education began at Michigan State University and continued at
Wayne State University where she earned her degree.  She taught high school art in
the Detroit area for eight years before her career with Batik.  Janet shows and sells
her Batiks at Art Shows throughout the Country.  She has won numerous awards
and is considered one of the Masters of  Batik.

Husband, Harold, does the custom matting,  framing and giclee printing.  He makes
it possible to do the art show circuit throughout the country. Son, Phil, was involved
in the art business since a child and continued part time until his untimely death at
28 in Nov. 2007.  Our lives were changed forever.  His spirit shines through in the
art and he continues to be Janet's greatest inspiration and muse.     






Past  Awards

Second Place          Whalehead Club Arts Festival   Corolla, NC          June 23, 2010

Award of Distinction (2nd Place)                       Blowing Rock, NC     August 15, 2009

Award of Excellence   (Best of Show)              Blowing Rock, NC            May 17,2008

Judge's Choice Blue Ribbon     Amelia Island Fall Art Festival         Amelia Island, Fl     
                                                                                                                            Nov. 2007

Fourth Place  32nd Annual Atalaya Art Festival      Huntington Beach, SC    Sept. 2007

Award of Excellenc
e  Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair     Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 2007

First Place   37th Annual Golden Isles Festival    St. Simons Island, Ga.  October 2006

Award of Excellence   Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair     Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 2006

Batik Exhibit at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Upstate Visual Arts
Gallery                                                                                       July-August 2006

Chosen to design the artwork for the 33rd Annual Dexter-Ann Arbor Michigan Run
Race,                                                                  Ann Arbor, Michigan   June 4, 2006

Honorable mention            Inman Park Arts Festival,            Atlanta, Ga. April 2006

First Place            34th Annual Outdoor Art show,            Fairhope, Al.  March  2006

Second Place           Golden Isle Art Festival,       St. Simons Island, Ga.  Oct. 2005

Bartow Art Guild Award             Arts Festival 34               Cartersville, Ga. Oct. 2005

Second Place           St. Augustine Arts Festival,            St. Augustine, Fl.   April 2005
About THE ARTIST
janet@janetSearfossBatiks.com
Work Out
Ann Arbor, Mi
Ann Arbor, Mi
Amelia Island
Blowing Rock, NC
Phil and friends helping at
Yellow Daisy Art Festival,
Atlanta, Ga.
Whalehead Club