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Dream Scenes & Intricate Things:
janae corrado
by Brian Downes
detail of Liminal Spaces, acrylic on canvas
Nectar, oil on board
What hatches out of the subconscious in Sanford, Florida—where pit
bulls thrash through old swimming pools, and heavy metal epics are
composed in block houses shaded by trees that were planted when Ei-
senhower was president? Bees, bones, and pretty, distressing things.
Why insects? “They’re intricate
little things. Several of my oth-
er works that I’ve produced
have had insects in them
as well. A few of those
other pieces kind of
play off of the idea
of being seduced
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She has been a well-known personality on
the Orlando art scene for many years,
She paints in oils. She paints dream-scenes of long-
ing and terror; she paints the urges that sting. Her
themes are rot, transformation, and the enigmas
of seduction and repulsion.
There was a small chance that Janae Corrado would have been
a veterinarian. But by 2001, when the New Port Richey girl
who was always drawing came to UCF to study art, it was
already clear that she was bad at calculus, and much better
at composition.
often appearing with her work at FAVO, Thornton
Park’s 2 nd Thursday Wine and Art Walk, and City
Arts Factory, among other places. She’s also spent
years teaching art at UCF, Valencia College,
and other halls of learning. Recently, her
insect series attracted the attention of art
afi cionados. It was launched at Eureka!
The Moment When Art and Science
Collide, a show at City Arts Factory.
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