Working Artist

Janna Stern's dramatic images do more than simply capture the viewer's eye. They spark the human imagination and invigorate our senses. Her stark visuals serve as a unique artistic expression, which transcend the ordinary. Employing old guitars, mannequins, standard canvas and human forms as a backdrop to her stirring images, Stern has the uncanny ability to lead the observer into a realm of active participation within each of her pieces.

A woman of many guises, Janna Stern has managed to suitably merge her love of the arts, modern technology, photography and medicine into a truly exciting career. Her initiation into art, involved abstract paints and collages, of found objects. Before long however, Stern's work would become more than colors and lines. A fascination with texture, color and the use of objects that at first glance have little meaning or significance, led to combining them in virtual space on the computer. Her expression would evolve into representational statements of human conditions and perceptions. "Serendipity is a delightful ally in the creative process," she muses.

In her most recent visual commentary Stern tackles the social aspects of a silent but threatening human dysfunction. Her one-woman exhibit "Measure for Measure: An Artistic Exploration on the Mythology of Eating Disorders," peers into the startling issue which affects some 10-million men, women, boys and girls in America today. Her desire to articulate the forces at work behind the dilemma makes use of her ability to elicit human response and open dialogue. She points out that in today's modern society mankind faces temptation on many levels. "We seek perfection in the way we look and the possessions we are able to accumulate. We often find ourselves wanting and buying things because we feel they will make us look better or appear to be worth more to others. We consume and dispose of things, even parts of our bodies, without concern for how this will ultimately impact us."

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