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Janet Stapelman attended Catholic University in D.C. and State University of New York in Oswego where she learned technical theater skills. After graduation, she designed sets in New York City and took classes at the Art Students’ League. She painted sets for over 250 Broadway productions. She also co-founded a vocational school for aspiring scenic artists. A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis caused her to move to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, away from northern winters. Unable to paint as she used to, she began working with leftover threads from her needlepoint work. Soon she was amassing skeins of thread in all different colors, designing larger images, committing to the meditative process and making it her own.
Janet Stapelman attended Catholic University in D.C. and State University of New York in Oswego where she learned technical theater skills. After graduation, she designed sets in New York City and took classes at the Art Students’ League. She painted sets for over 250 Broadway productions. She also co-founded a vocational school for aspiring scenic artists. A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis caused her to move to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, away from northern winters. Unable to paint as she used to, she began working with leftover threads from her needlepoint work. Soon she was amassing skeins of thread in all different colors, designing larger images, committing to the meditative process and making it her own.
Outtake: Outside in the Distance
2007
Cotton thread on canvas board.
12x12in
SOLD
Circle Games: Calliope
2015
Cotton thread on canvas board.
24x36 in
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Barefoot Servants, Too
2017
12x12
Cotton thread on canvas board
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Evening in the Barrens
2018
Cotton thread on board.
16x20 in
SOLD
Big Mama in Blue MuuMuu
2014
Cotton thread on canvas board
22 x 28 in.
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Jellyfish
2019
Cotton thread on canvas board
16 x 20 in.
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Art in the Time of Corona Virus
2020
Cotton thread on canvas board
16 x 20 in.
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Gold Globe Factory
Cotton thread on canvas board
Repression
Cotton thread on canvas board
Urban Recusal
Factory with Red Lights
Oppression
Passing by Oz
Soundless Preparation