Local painter finds catharsis in creating art

The scenes in Janice Wermann’s paintings might seem lonely.
A single sailboat, a solitary bird, a beautiful landscape without people or animals. But each piece is a testament to her family — her impetus for painting, the medium she chooses, even the brightly saturated color palette.
“My favorite things are the texture, impressionistic feel and emotions that her pieces evoke,” Wermann’s niece, Michelle Weaver, wrote in an email. Weaver studied art at Western Washington University and the two have bonded over their shared interest.
For Wermann, a North Bend resident since the early 1990s, painting is cathartic. Her pieces are meditative studies in mountain views and seascapes, gloaming horizons and freshwater marsh-dwellers.