Soiree Guest Ken Janke

RAA invites  California oil painter Ken Janke to be 

The Rossmoor Art Association welcomes all to its Spring Soirée in the Fireside Room at 7pm on March 27th, where resident, Ken Janke, will show his paintings and sit in conversation with artist and instructor Anna George. Wine and cake will be served as music is performed on viola and flute by soiree favorites, Rosemarie Kravoza and Meriel Ennik.

Unusual is the presence of both art and artist, yet the combination is always found at the RAA soiree pop-up galleries. The March exhibit features landscapes, seascapes and studies Janke painted over the years in California. The guest artist uses rich tones to elicit the feeling of a particular daylit scene–rocks on a Carmel shore, a cluster of California hills, a wooded Rossmoor pathway, among many.

Ken Janke hails from Birmingham, Michigan. At his family’s cabin on Thumb Lake he went swimming, boating, waterskiing, canoeing, fishing, and sailing. This outdoor life shaped his summer days as a youth and his painting life later on.

Reacting as a boy to a neighbor’s plein air activity at the lake, he declared, ” I can paint that!”.  Eventually he did.

After Carmel, Janke moved to Rossmoor. He says it was the RAA and its studios that sold him on Rossmoor a year ago November. He has taken RAA classes here ever since.

See rossmoorart.com to discover an array of art classes, events, and a calendar inviting residents to participate in a robust and active community. Visit newly remodeled Studios 1 & 2, and consider joining the RAA for ten dollars annually.

For more Spring Soirée information, contact Anna George at (925) 783-9000.