NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISAN OF THE MONTH JANNETTE PARENT

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Jannette Parent is a contemporary artist who paints images inspired by the Cherokee language, culture and mythology. Her acrylic paintings feature a Cherokee word or phrase boldly painted across the canvas and illustrated by an image. She has completed over 90 paintings in this series.

Jannette also makes her own Native American jewelry and Regalia, including ribbon skirts, feather fans and tradi

During the course of her life, she has additionally become skilled in many  

other art forms such as watercolors, soldering, scratchboard, sewing, quilting, crocheting, weaving, linoleum carving and embroidery. Meanwhile, she continually returns to painting her Cherokee Language series. Jannette began studying the Cherokee language in an effort to learn more about her ancestry. It quickly infused 

Her dedicated studies have allowed her to reclaim and celebrate her family history and identity. More than thirty years of genealogy research led to her obtaining Tribal recognition with the Four Winds Tribe Louisiana Cherokee Confederation.   

 Jannette is a member of the State Recognized Tribal Arts Guild (SRTAG), two Kentucky Arts Council juried programs: Kentucky Crafted and the Teaching Artist

Jannette was born in California and raised in Oregon.  She’s lived in Hawaii, Wisconsin and Florida and now resides in Princeton, Kentucky since 2004. 

You can see more of her work and shop at her website www.apparentlypainted.com. You can also find her on Facebook  

@jannetteparentartist and email her at jannette@apparentlypainted.com.