Artwork copyright Janette Hopper. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Place of the Falls, 2001

Janette Hopper
(American, born 1946)

Location: Rochester Middle School, Rochester

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Place of the Falls is part of a group of paintings created by artist Janette Hopper while an artist-in-residence at the Montana Artist Refuge in Basin, Montana. The imagery depicts a waterfall along Cataract Creek. She notes, “Evidence of the history of the creek catapulting down the rocks is apparent in the formation of the rocks. The water is clear and fresh and active and the coolness of the shadows from the deep vertical landscape is clear in the hues and shades of the paint. The trees seem to grow up in a continuum to the sky.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Rochester School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Janette Hopper is a painter, printmaker, and performance artist. Her art is inspired by the places she has experienced while hiking, camping and kayaking. She lived in the Northwest for over fifteen years and she notes that "Most of my art is still inspired by the Northwest mystical spirit and my education and experiences there."

Hopper grew up in Idaho with a lot of camping and fishing trips. In the late 1960s, she left university during the Vietnam War and joined the Peace Corps, spending two years in Colombia, South America. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Secondary Art Education from Boise State University in Idaho, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting (1984) from the University of Oregon. She taught art at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Southeastern Washington from 1985 to 2000. Hopper currently lives and makes art in North Carolina.