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Janice Kabala

Capturing the Sky: New Paintings by Janice Kabala
by Eva Poole-Gilson

            Janice Kabala’s new paintings at Pegasus Gallery are stunning. She paints in oil on Belgian linen. Her work is usually begun outdoors—en plein air, inspired by the expanse of mountains, desert and sky in the High Sierra. Her works in this show include impressions of Bishop Creek, Big Pine Canyon, the Bristlecones, Pine Creek, Mt. Tom, Mt. Humphrey, the Palisades, the Minarets, and the Happy Boulders.

            Some of Janice’s new, smaller paintings were created while she was on holiday in the Canyonlands with her family. “No trees,” she explained. “I stood in the only shade available—the shadow of an outhouse, while my family waited, not too happily. It must have been at least 107 degrees. The longer I stood there working—and sweating—the more peculiar I began to feel. And no wonder: as it turns out, a Cone-Nosed Kissing Bug had found me, and my legs began to swell up even as I painted. With help from my family, I hobbled away, finally. They say the second bite of that Kissing Bug can kill you. I was lucky—my legs just swelled to young-elephant size…no second bite…. These  Canyonland paintings are quite memorable for me!”

            Janice worked in the city as an illustrator of books and magazines, but like many  High Sierra inhabitants, Janice has that “rural” love of horses, and she’s nurtured that love by spending the seven past summers working for the Rainbow Pack Outfitters out of Bishop Creek. “Working as a mountain guide with people new to horseback adventures means a lot of slow-motion time in the wilderness. It’s given me plenty of time to contemplate and appreciate the magnificent terrain around us, to let it speak to me; it’s that language and beauty I try to capture….”