Janet Helene Hinton grew up in Attalla, Alabama and earned her MFA degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, majoring in printmaking with minor concentrations in painting and ceramics. She is on the art faculty at Wallace Community College in Dothan, Alabama, where she enjoys teaching both studio and art history courses.
Hinton has worked in both nonobjective and realistic styles and in several media, including painting, printmaking, drawing and photography. The elements of design are important to her as well as the message given to the viewer.Her recent subjects are from real life, primarily landscapes, architecture and figures. Hinton has traveled widely in Europe and has led groups on art tours. Some of her subjects are from those travels as well as from travels around the
U.S.
Hinton has had ten solo exhibitions in the south, has been in juried exhibitions and festivals throughout the eastern U.S., where she has won many awards. Her works are in public, private and corporate collections and she accepts commissions.Hinton maintains a studio at her home in Ozark, Alabama.
e-mail address: janethinton@centurytel.net
